Sec. 657.007. PREFERENCE APPLICABLE TO REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE    


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  • (a) An individual entitled to a hiring preference under this chapter is also entitled to a preference in retaining employment if the public entity that employs the individual reduces its workforce.

    (b) The preference granted under this section applies only to the extent that a reduction in workforce by an employing public entity involves other employees of a similar type or classification.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 854, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.