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§ 21.402 — DISCRIMINATORY USE OF GENETIC INFORMATION PROHIBITED

LA § 21.402Title 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS · Part A. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION · Ch. 21. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION · Art. H. DISCRIMINATORY USE OF GENETIC INFORMATION

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(a)An employer commits an unlawful employment practice if the employer fails or refuses to hire, discharges, or otherwise discriminates against an individual with respect to compensation or the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment:
(1)on the basis of genetic information concerning the individual; or
(2)because of the refusal of the individual to submit to a genetic test.
(b)A labor organization commits an unlawful employment practice if the labor organization excludes or expels from membership or otherwise discriminates against an individual:
(1)on the basis of genetic information concerning the individual; or
(2)because of the refusal of the individual to submit to a genetic test.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1215, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.