January 16, 2013 - Texas Workforce Commission

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1 ordinary. And by out of the -- by out of the
2 ordinary, what I've explained to the Employment
3 Manager is that if the employer cannot prove a
4 nondiscriminatory reason, bring the case to me.
5 CHAIRMAN ANDERSON: Well -- and,
6 similarly, the -- the example you gave about the
7 lesbian, will that -- will that case come to you,
8 also, that -- that intake come to you?
9 MR. BABIAK: We haven't expressly
10 discussed that. I know that the Employment Manager
11 knows, understands what is stereotyping because of sex
12 or gender. She knows that sexual orientation, gender
13 identity, or expression, those are nonjurisdictional.
14 But I can have that discussion with her.
15 CHAIRMAN ANDERSON: Okay. It's -- any
16 additional questions for Mr. Babiak concerning this --
17 this particular legal issue, I guess?
18 (No response)
19 CHAIRMAN ANDERSON: Seeing none, the
20 action items that were on the list, Becky, for today,
21 the three -- the first three dealing with the budget
22 will go to the 17th.
23 Did we talk about the number of
24 personnel policy procedural reviews conducted for
25 2012?