Texas Government Code 437.0531 – Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 437.0531
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
The adjutant general shall adopt a written policy statement to implement a program of equal employment opportunity under which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin. The policy statement must include:
(1) personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel that comply with Chapter 21, Labor Code;
(2) a comprehensive analysis of the department’s workforce that meets federal and state laws, rules, and regulations and instructions directly adopted from those laws, rules, and regulations;
(3) procedures for determining the extent of underuse in the department’s workforce of persons for whom federal or state laws, rules, and regulations and instructions directly adopted from those laws, rules, and regulations encourage a more equitable balance; and
(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address the areas of underuse described in Subdivision (3).