By: Seaman (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 1745
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 25, 2005;
April 26, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business and Commerce; May 12, 2005, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 12, 2005, sent to printer.)
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 201.091, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) For purposes of this subtitle, an individual who last
worked for a temporary help firm is not considered to be unemployed
until three business days have passed since the date the
individual's last assignment ended.
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.
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