Workplace Security: Texas
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Author: Leanne Coffman
Summary
- Texas has adopted the Uniform Trade Secret Act. See Trade Secrets.
- Texas has comprehensive regulations in place for protecting sensitive personal information. See Texas Data Breach Notification Law.
- Texas has requirements regarding a workplace violence prevention hotline and workplace violence prevention for health care employers. See Preventing Workplace Violence.
- Employers have the right to prohibit individuals with a valid license from carrying a handgun on its premises. However, an employer may not prohibit licensed handguns in privately owned, locked vehicles parked in its lots. See Guns and Weapons in the Workplace.
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