Texas Releases New Reporting Workplace Violence Poster; Updated EEOC and FLSA Workplace Posters

January 1, 2024

State Update Overview

Date Updated December 2023
Labor Law Update The State of Texas New Reporting Workplace Violence Act; EEOC “Know Your Rights” and DOL “Employee Rights Under the FLSA” Posters
What Changed New Reporting Workplace Violence Law; Recently enacted Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and Provide Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP)
Mandatory or Non-Mandatory Mandatory
Updated Poster Texas & Federal Labor Law Poster

Effective September 1, 2023, employers in Texas are required to post a notice to employees about reporting instances of workplace violence or suspicious activity. The Texas Workforce Commission has recently published a new required labor law poster with information for employees to report instances of workplace violence or suspicious activity. 

Texas Reporting Workplace Violence Act

Effective June 27, 2023, the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer an undue hardship. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated its “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster to summarize the new law.

EEOC “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster Updates

Effective April 28, 2023, the Provide Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP) extends the right to receive break time to pump and a private place to pump at work to more nursing employees.  The federal Department of Labor (DOL) revised its “Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” poster to include changes from the new law.

DOL “Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” Poster Updates

Texas Labor Law Poster Updates

All businesses within the State of Texas must display the new “Reporting Workplace Violence”, “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal”, and “Employee Rights Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” posters along with other state-mandated posting requirements where they are sufficiently accessible and viewable to all employees. These changes have been reflected in our Texas & Federal Labor Law Poster and require an immediate mandatory update. Failure to meet compliance requirements and display the updated posters could result in fines.

Order the Texas & Federal Labor Law Poster to immediately include these required updates.