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Discrimination (Equal Protection)

	Facts About Age Discrimination (Separate Website) Read this pamphlet to learn about legal protections from employment related discrimination based on age. By: Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division


	Facts About National Origin Discrimination (Separate Website) Read this pamphlet to learn about legal protections from employment related discrimination based on national origin (what country you are from). By: Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division


	Facts About Pregnancy Discrimination (Separate Website) Read this pamphlet to learn about legal protections from employment related discrimination based on pregnancy. By: Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division


	Facts About Race/Color Discrimination (Separate Website) Read this pamphlet to learn about legal protections from employment related discrimination based on race or color. By: Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division


	Facts About Religious Discrimination (Separate Website) Read this pamphlet to learn about legal protections from employment related discrimination based on your religion or religous belief (or lack thereof). By: Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division


	Facts About the Americans with Disabilities Act (Separate Website) Read this pamphlet to learn about legal protections from discrimination based on a disability. By: Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division


	Federal Employment Discrimination Laws The U.S. Congress has created many laws to promote fairness in the workplace. This pamplet gives an overview of job protections available under federal law. By: Legal Aid of Northwest Texas (Waxahachie Office)


	Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination: Questions & Answers (Separate Website) By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


	Housing Discrimination Intake Form (Separate Website) Use this form to file a housing discrimination complaint in writing. You may also call the Division office using the toll free number: 1-888-452-4778, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. By: Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division Read this in: Spanish / Español


	How To File a Housing Discrimination Complaint (Separate Website) By: Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division Read this in: Spanish / Español


	How to File An Employment Discrimination Complaint (Separate Website) By: Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division


	How to Recognize Housing Discrimination (Separate Website) Read this to find out if you may have been the victim of housing discrimination. By: Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division Read this in: Spanish / Español


	Small Employers And Reasonable Accommodation (Separate Website) Find out what accommodations an employer must make for an employee with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


	Texas Fair Housing Act Fact Sheet (Separate Website) Read this pamphlet to learn about legal protections under Texas law from housing related discrimination. By: Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division Read this in: Spanish / Español


	The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability (Separate Website) By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


	Work At Home/Telework as a Reasonable Accommodation (Separate Website) Are employers required to allow employees with a disability to work from home as a "reasonable accomodation" under the Americans with Disabilities Act? By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


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Due Process

	Texas Employment Discrimination Law Texas law provides workers with additional protection against discrimination in the workplace. This pamphlet gives an overview of job protections available under Texas law. By: Legal Aid of Northwest Texas (Waxahachie Office)


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Other Civil Rights

	Election Procedures and Information Following Hurricane Ike (Separate Website) Information with regards to the upcoming November 4, 2008 election By: Texas Secretary of State


	Expunction of Records in Collin County Information and Forms needed to expunge arrest records. By: Collin County


	Expunction of Records in Texas Information and Forms to clear your Arrest Record - Expunction: You may have a right to have all records of your arrest destroyed. This kit can be used in ANY county in Texas except Collin County, see Expunction of Records in Collin County. By: Partnership for Legal Access Read this in: Spanish / Español


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