New Texas laws aimed at tamping down sexual harassment in the workplace outstrip federal protections for victims, signaling a potential outlier for #MeToo legislation’s reach in a red state.
Laws that took effect in Texas on Sept. 1 lower the statute of limitations for filing sexual harassment changes, expand who can file suits, and broaden liability to individual managers. The measures—some of the strongest protections in the country for workplace harassment lawsuits—quietly became law as the conservative bastion enacted one of the strictest abortion curbs in the country.
Texas isn’t alone in pushing for measures that would tamp down on ...
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