79R5688 JMM-D


By:  Seaman                                                       H.B. No. 1745



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the disqualification of certain temporary employees for 
unemployment compensation benefits.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 207.045(h), Labor Code, is amended to 
read as follows:   
	(h)  A temporary employee of a temporary help firm is 
considered to have left the employee's last work voluntarily 
without good cause connected with the work if the temporary 
employee does not contact the temporary help firm for reassignment 
on completion of an assignment and does not allow the temporary help 
firm at least three business days to reassign the employee.  A 
temporary employee is not considered to have left work voluntarily 
without good cause connected with the work under this subsection 
unless the temporary employee has been advised:
		(1)  that the temporary employee is obligated to 
contact the temporary help firm on completion of assignments; [and]
		(2)  that the temporary employee must allow the 
temporary help firm at least three business days after the date the 
employee contacts the firm under Subdivision (1) to reassign the 
employee; and
		(3)  that unemployment benefits may be denied if the 
temporary employee fails to comply with Subdivisions (1) and (2)
[do so].
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits based on an 
unemployment compensation claim that is filed with the Texas 
Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this Act.  A 
claim filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the 
law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and the former law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.