context: *When an employee disclaims any intent to file a charge, the request does not trigger any investigation or attempt at a resolution. Allowing the employee to bring suit against her employer without first exhausting those .administrative remedies would frustrate the intent behind both federal and state statutory schemes.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 259 S.W.3d 147, 154-55
citation_a.parenthetical: declaring that employee could not sidestep Chapter 21's administrative exhaustion requirement by bringing retaliation claim solely under Whistle-blower Act and holding that trial court erred in denying city's plea to jurisdiction
citation_a.sentence: See Patterson, 491 U.S. at 180-81, 109 S.Ct. at 2374-75; Waffle House, Inc. v. Williams, 313 S.W.3d 796, 809, 811-12 (Tex.2010) (holding that claim for sexual harassment exists only under statute, which pre-empts any common law claim based on allegations giving rise to statutory claim; plaintiff cannot evade statutory exhaustion of administrative remedies requirement and other unique features of Chapter 21 by bringing suit under common-law theory); City of Waco v. Lopez, 259 S.W.3d 147, 154-55 (Tex.2008) (declaring that employee could not sidestep Chapter 21’s administrative exhaustion requirement by bringing retaliation claim solely under Whistle-blower Act and holding that trial court erred in denying city’s plea to jurisdiction); see also Holowecki, 552 U.S. at 401, 128 S.Ct. at 1157 (observing that treating every completed questionnaire as a charge would thwart “Congress’s expressed desire that the EEOC [also] act as an information provider and try to settle employment disputes through informal means”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 128 S.Ct. 1157, 1157
citation_b.parenthetical: observing that treating every completed questionnaire as a charge would thwart "Congress's expressed desire that the EEOC [also] act as an information provider and try to settle employment disputes through informal means"
citation_b.sentence: See Patterson, 491 U.S. at 180-81, 109 S.Ct. at 2374-75; Waffle House, Inc. v. Williams, 313 S.W.3d 796, 809, 811-12 (Tex.2010) (holding that claim for sexual harassment exists only under statute, which pre-empts any common law claim based on allegations giving rise to statutory claim; plaintiff cannot evade statutory exhaustion of administrative remedies requirement and other unique features of Chapter 21 by bringing suit under common-law theory); City of Waco v. Lopez, 259 S.W.3d 147, 154-55 (Tex.2008) (declaring that employee could not sidestep Chapter 21’s administrative exhaustion requirement by bringing retaliation claim solely under Whistle-blower Act and holding that trial court erred in denying city’s plea to jurisdiction); see also Holowecki, 552 U.S. at 401, 128 S.Ct. at 1157 (observing that treating every completed questionnaire as a charge would thwart “Congress’s expressed desire that the EEOC [also] act as an information provider and try to settle employment disputes through informal means”).