Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
TRANSPORTATION CODE |
Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
Subtitle M. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES |
Chapter 1001. ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT |
Subchapter C. PERSONNEL |
Sec. 1001.043. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY; REPORT
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(a) The executive director or the director'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 relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel that are in compliance with Chapter 21, Labor Code;
(2) a comprehensive analysis of the department workforce that meets federal and state guidelines;
(3) procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the department workforce of all persons for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance; and
(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of significant 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); and
(4) be filed with the governor.
(c) The governor shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (b). The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.