Texas Labor Code
§ 21.2585 — COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES
LA § 21.2585Title 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS · Part A. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION · Ch. 21. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION · Art. F. JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT
Statute text
View on source(a)On finding that a respondent engaged in an unlawful intentional employment practice as alleged in a complaint, a court may, as provided by this section, award:
(1)compensatory damages; and
(2)punitive damages.
(b)A complainant may recover punitive damages against a respondent, other than a respondent that is a governmental entity, if the complainant demonstrates that the respondent engaged in a discriminatory practice with malice or with reckless indifference to the state-protected rights of an aggrieved individual.
(c)Compensatory damages awarded under this section may not include:
(1)back pay;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.07(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 872, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.