Texas Labor Code
§ 52.031 — BLACKLISTING OFFENSE; PENALTY
LA § 52.031Title 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS · Part B. RESTRICTIONS ON LABOR · Ch. 52. MISCELLANEOUS RESTRICTIONS · Art. D. RESTRICTIONS ON BLACKLISTING
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section, "blacklist" means to place on a book or list or publish the name of an employee of an individual, firm, company, or corporation who was discharged or who voluntarily left that employment, intending to prevent the employee from engaging in or securing employment of any kind with any other person, in either a public or a private capacity.
(b)A person commits an offense if the person:
(1)blacklists or causes to be blacklisted an employee; or
(2)conspires or contrives by correspondence or any other manner to prevent an employee discharged by a corporation, company, or individual from procuring employment.
(c)An offense under this section is punishable by:
(1)a fine of not less than $50 or more than $250;
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Legislative history
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.