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Tex. Lab. Code § 21.141 (2026)

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Sec. 21.141. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1) "Employer" means a person who:

(A) employs one or more employees; or

(B) acts directly in the interests of an employer in relation to an employee.

(2) "Sexual harassment" means an unwelcome sexual advance, a request for a sexual favor, or any other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature if:

(A) submission to the advance, request, or conduct is made a term or condition of an individual's employment, either explicitly or implicitly;

(B) submission to or rejection of the advance, request, or conduct by an individual is used as the basis for a decision affecting the individual's employment;

(C) the advance, request, or conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance; or

(D) the advance, request, or conduct has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 172 (S.B. 45), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (12 in the last 5 years), 2023–2026 · leading case: Andrassy v. Jan X-Ray Servs., Inc. (S.D. Tex. 2025).
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Andrassy v. Jan X-Ray Servs., Inc. (S.D. Tex. 2025). · cites it 7× “” TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 21.141(1). “One express purpose of the” Act “is to ‘provide for the execution of the policies of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its subsequent amendments.”
Victory Capital Mgmt., Inc. v. Julianne Bass (Tex. App. 2025). · cites it 4× “TEX. LABOR CODE ANN. § 21.141(2). 2 It is undisputed that Bass neither pled nor claims on appeal that she is a victim of sexual assault.”
Morgan v. Dyba (N.D. Tex. 2024). · cites it 3× “” Texas Labor Code § 21.141 defines “employer” as “a person who: (A) employs one or more employees; or (B) acts directly in the interests of an employer in relation to an employee.”
Sepulveda v. Alvarez (W.D. Tex. 2025). · cites it 3× “As a result of this change, according to the Texas Labor Code § 21.141(1), “(flor sexual harassment claims, ‘Employer’ means a person who: (A) employs one or more employees; or (B) acts directly in the interests of an employer in relation to an employee.”
Andrassy v. Jan X-Ray Servs., Inc. (S.D. Tex. 2025). · cites it 2× “) (citing Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 21.141 ). The court disagrees with Jan X’s contention that Ms.”
Lanier v. Wise Cnty. (5th Cir. 2025). · cites it 2× “24-10962 harassment as defined by Texas Labor Code § 21.141, which Texas recently promulgated.”
Esperanza Martinez v. ACA Team, LLC, Universal Display & Fixtures Co., Luis Barbero, Joe Battaglia, Francisco De Jesus, Jessica Guerra, Shawn Kerns, & Adolphus Norton (2026). · cites it 2× “” See Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 21.141 (2) (defining “[s]exual harassment” for purposes of inaction claim as “an unwelcome sexual advance, a request for a sexual favor, or any other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature” that meets certain conditions); Fossil Grp.”
Fossil Grp., Inc. v. Nicole Harris, 691 S.W.3d 874 (Tex. 2024). “The Labor Code now expressly prohibits sexual harassment, see TEX. LAB. CODE §§ 21.141–.142, but those provisions do not apply to claims based on conduct occurring before September 1, 2021, see Act of May 14, 2021, 87th Leg.”
Brown-Steffes v. Avis Budget Grp. Inc (N.D. Tex. 2023). “” Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 21.141 (1). Because no court has yet considered the scope of this definition’s second prong, this court interprets it in line with the similar language in the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, see 29 U.”
Auston v. Khiluv Logistics LLC (S.D. Tex. 2024). “Tex. Labor Code Ann. § 21.141 . The question is whether Auston was Khiluv Logistics’s employee.”
Moore v. Innova Solutions Inc (N.D. Tex. 2025). “” TEX. LABOR CODE § 21.141(2). “The core concept” of such a claim “is that sexual harassment has created an environment that, through the impact it would have on the victim, can be said to discriminatorily alter a ‘term, condition, or privilege’ of employment.”
Merrill v. McKinney Indep. Sch. Dist. (E.D. Tex. 2025). “” (7) sexual harassment and unlawful employment practices under TEX. LAB. CODE §§ 21.141–.142; and (8) sexual harassment and unlawful employment practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Dkt.”
Tex. Lab. Code § 21.141(1): 3 cases
Sepulveda v. Alvarez (W.D. Tex. 2025). “As a result of this change, according to the Texas Labor Code § 21.141(1), “(flor sexual harassment claims, ‘Employer’ means a person who: (A) employs one or more employees; or (B) acts directly in the interests of an employer in relation to an employee.”
Morgan v. Dyba (N.D. Tex. 2024). “” Texas Labor Code § 21.141 defines “employer” as “a person who: (A) employs one or more employees; or (B) acts directly in the interests of an employer in relation to an employee.”
Andrassy v. Jan X-Ray Servs., Inc. (S.D. Tex. 2025). “” TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 21.141(1). “One express purpose of the” Act “is to ‘provide for the execution of the policies of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its subsequent amendments.”
Tex. Lab. Code § 21.141(2): 3 cases
Victory Capital Mgmt., Inc. v. Julianne Bass (Tex. App. 2025). “TEX. LABOR CODE ANN. § 21.141(2). 2 It is undisputed that Bass neither pled nor claims on appeal that she is a victim of sexual assault.”
Moore v. Innova Solutions Inc (N.D. Tex. 2025). “” TEX. LABOR CODE § 21.141(2). “The core concept” of such a claim “is that sexual harassment has created an environment that, through the impact it would have on the victim, can be said to discriminatorily alter a ‘term, condition, or privilege’ of employment.”
Andrassy v. Jan X-Ray Servs., Inc. (S.D. Tex. 2025). “” TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 21.141(1). “One express purpose of the” Act “is to ‘provide for the execution of the policies of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its subsequent amendments.”
Tex. Lab. Code § 21.141(2)(C): 1 case
Andrassy v. Jan X-Ray Servs., Inc. (S.D. Tex. 2025). “” TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 21.141(1). “One express purpose of the” Act “is to ‘provide for the execution of the policies of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its subsequent amendments.”
Tex. Lab. Code § 21.141(2)(D): 2 cases
Sepulveda v. Alvarez (W.D. Tex. 2025). “As a result of this change, according to the Texas Labor Code § 21.141(1), “(flor sexual harassment claims, ‘Employer’ means a person who: (A) employs one or more employees; or (B) acts directly in the interests of an employer in relation to an employee.”
Victory Capital Mgmt., Inc. v. Julianne Bass (Tex. App. 2025). “TEX. LABOR CODE ANN. § 21.141(2). 2 It is undisputed that Bass neither pled nor claims on appeal that she is a victim of sexual assault.”
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