Responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
Promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements.
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CIVIL RIGHTS & LAWS
The Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division provides the following services: employment and housing discrimination complaint investigations, training and technical assistance to public and private entities, and personnel policy reviews of state agencies and institutions of higher education.
EMPLOYEE RIGHTS & LAWS
Find information about employment discrimination and complaints that TWC handles, unpaid wage claims, minimum wage, and child labor laws and complaints. Explore labor law and other rules and regulations governing discrimination in Texas.