Sec. 402.044. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY STATEMENT. (a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure implementation of a program of equal employment opportunity under which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin. The policy statement must include: (1) personnel policies, including policies related to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel that are in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 21 ; (2) a comprehensive analysis of the division work force that meets federal and state guidelines; (3) procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the division work force of all persons for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance; and (4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of underuse. (b) A policy statement prepared under this section must: (1) cover an annual period; (2) be updated annually; (3) be reviewed by the civil rights division of the Texas Workforce Commission for compliance with Subsection (a)(1); and (4) be filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. (c) The Texas Workforce Commission shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (b). The report may be made separately or as part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.
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