Employment Discrimination—The SCOTX Report

24-0966·Petition For Review

A former Texas Ranger's disability-discrimination claim against DPS failed as a matter of law: he was fired for threatening conduct at his daughter's school, and the holding turned on Section 21.105 of the Labor Code.
The Court reversed in part and rendered judgment for DPS on the plea to the jurisdiction.

26-0763·Mandamus

In 2021 the Legislature extended Texas Labor Code Chapter 21's sexual-harassment protections to employees of businesses with fewer than fifteen workers. Did it also, without saying so, make a manager, or supervisor personally liable as an "employer" under section 21.141(1)(B), a person who "acts directly in the interests of an employer in relation to an employee"?
Whether mandamus is available to review the denial of a Rule 91a motion to dismiss the individual-liability claim, or whether an ordinary appeal after final judgment is an adequate remedy.