Texas

For Texas, law category is anti-discrimination; state law name is Chapter 21 (Texas Labor Code) - Sexual harassment; state threshold is 1; federal threshold is 15; key differences is Texas lowers the threshold for sexual harassment liability to one employee, compared to Title VII's 15-employee threshold. Applies to any employer or individual who acts in the interest of an employer toward an employee, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

State: Texas verified
Law category: anti-discrimination our reading
State law name: Chapter 21 (Texas Labor Code) - Sexual harassment
State threshold: 1
Federal threshold: 15 verified
Key differences: Texas lowers the threshold for sexual harassment liability to one employee, compared to Title VII's 15-employee threshold. Applies to any employer or individual who acts in the interest of an employer toward an employee.
Coverage / scope: Sexual harassment claims; applies to any employer or individual who acts in the interest of an employer toward an employee
Statute citation: § 21.141(1)

Sourceefte.twc.texas.gov

Verified2026-08-14

Review by2027-02-10

DatasetState employment law headcount triggers that deviate from federal thresholds

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What the source says

— efte.twc.texas.gov, retrieved 2026-08-14

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State law name

efte.twc.texas.gov says state law name is Chapter 21 (Texas Labor Code) - Sexual harassment, as of 2026-08-14.

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says state law name is Chapter 21 (Texas Labor Code), as of 2026-08-14.

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

State threshold

efte.twc.texas.gov says state threshold is 1, as of 2026-08-14.

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says state threshold is 15, as of 2026-08-14.

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

Key differences

efte.twc.texas.gov says key differences is Texas lowers the threshold for sexual harassment liability to one employee, compared to Title VII's 15-employee threshold. Applies to any employer or individual who acts in the interest of an employer toward an employee., as of 2026-08-14.

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says key differences is State law matches the federal 15-employee threshold but adds age as a state-law protected class at 15 employees, whereas the federal ADEA requires 20 employees for age discrimination coverage, as of 2026-08-14.

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

Coverage / scope

efte.twc.texas.gov says coverage / scope is Sexual harassment claims; applies to any employer or individual who acts in the interest of an employer toward an employee, as of 2026-08-14.

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says coverage / scope is Race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, age (state law), genetic information, as of 2026-08-14.

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

Statute citation

efte.twc.texas.gov says statute citation is § 21.141(1), as of 2026-08-14.

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

efte.twc.texas.gov says statute citation is § 21.002(8)(A), as of 2026-08-14.

https://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

Source

efte.twc.texas.govhttps://efte.twc.texas.gov/thresholds_for_coverage.html

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