Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 122.003 - Defense(a) It is a defense to an action brought under this chapter that the employer's circumstances changed while the employee served as a juror or grand juror so that reemployment was impossible or unreasonable.(b) To establish a defense under this section, an employer must prove that the termination of employment was because of circumstances other than the employee's service as a juror or grand juror.Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 122.003
Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 356,Sec. 4, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 442, Sec. 6, eff. 1/1/1992. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1985.