Law Protecting Leave to Care for Foster Children to Go Into Effect
Tomorrow, September 1st, Texas employers need to start observing a new law passed by the Legislature in April that requires them to treat leave to care for foster children the same as leave to care for biological or adopted children. The new law, House Bill 88, makes the failure to comply an unlawful employment practice. Employers do not have to have policies allowing employees to take leave to care for children, but, if they do, the policies must treat foster…