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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to employment protections for jury service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 122.001, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 122.001. PROTECTION OF JURORS' EMPLOYMENT; JUROR'S |
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RIGHT TO REEMPLOYMENT; NOTICE OF INTENT TO RETURN. (a) An [A
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private] employer may not discharge, threaten to discharge, |
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intimidate, or coerce any [terminate the employment of a] permanent |
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employee because the employee serves as a juror, or for the |
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employee's attendance or scheduled attendance in connection with |
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the service, in any court in the United States. |
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(b) An employee who is discharged, threatened with |
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discharge, intimidated, or coerced [whose employment is
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terminated] in violation of this section is entitled to return to |
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the same employment that the employee held when summoned for jury |
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service if the employee, as soon as practical after release from |
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jury service, gives the employer actual notice that the employee |
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intends to return. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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