Texas has relatively few required state policies. However, there are over 50 optional state policies that you might choose to include in your handbook.This short book will not attempt to show you how to write an entire personnel policy manual. It will explain some of the basic legal issues behind policies. Information in Employee Handbooks​​ Texas is an employment at-will state. This document is intended to provide one resource that shows TxDOT's expectations and policy with respect to certain types of employee conduct. An online version of the Especially for Texas Employers handbook. We also have these available in print at our office. Need a strong employee handbook but not sure how to create one? Start building your employee manual with these six must-have policies and procedures.