SRC-AAA S.B. 738 75(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 738 By: Carona Economic Development 3-4-97 As Filed DIGEST Currently, an employee is considered partially unemployed during any week of less than full-time work if the employee's wages during that week meet a certain statutory criteria. Employees whose hours are reduced as a result of disciplinary action can file a claim for partial employment benefits. S.B. 738 provides that an individual is not partially unemployed for a benefit period in which the individual's working hours are reduced by the individual's employer as a result of disciplinary action. PURPOSE As proposed, S.B. 738 provides that an individual is not partially unemployed for a benefit period in which the individual's working hours are reduced by the individual's employer as a result of disciplinary action. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 201.091, Labor Code, by adding Subsection (d), as follows: (d) Provides that an individual is not partially unemployed for a benefit period in which the individual's working hours are reduced by the individual's employer as a result of disciplinary action. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1997. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.