Since the shooting this weekend in Newtown, Connecticut, I have received several questions regarding a Texas employer’s right to ban or prohibit firearms on company property. Without debating the wisdom of such a decision or the likelihood that the mentally ill who generally participate in mass shooting will abide by those restrictions, Texas law generally
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Texas Legislature Limits Employers’ Right to Prohibit Concealed Carry License Holder Employees from Carrying Firearms in their Cars on Employer Property
By Russell Cawyer on
Posted in Legislation
The Texas Legislature passed SB 321 and sent it to the Governor for approval. The bill restricts public and private employers from prohibiting employees who are concealed handgun license holders, or otherwise lawfully possessing firearms or ammunition, from transporting or storing firearms or ammunition in the employee’s privately-owned, locked car on the employer’s premises. This bill does not apply to an employer…
Texas Legislative Update: Bills Affecting Texas Employers
By Russell Cawyer on
Posted in Discrimination, Legislation
On March 20, 2009 I posted an entry about several leave of absence bills pending in the Texas Legislature. Today I want to highlight a few other bills that will effect Texas employers if passed.
- HB 32 Prohibiting discrimination against employees of workers’ compensation nonsubscribers who sustain an injury in the course and scope of their
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