78R831 JMM-D

By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 359



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a restriction on the mandatory arbitration of certain 
employment disputes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by 
adding Chapter 25 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 25.  MANDATORY ARBITRATION OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION 
DISPUTES PROHIBITED
	Sec. 25.001.  MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN 
EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES.  An employer may not impose as a condition of 
employment of an at-will employee mandatory arbitration of a 
dispute involving an unlawful employment practice for which an 
employee may file a complaint with the Commission on Human Rights or 
the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies to arbitration agreements entered into before, on, or after 
that date.