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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to excluding certain short-term employment from |
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unemployment compensation chargebacks and grounds for benefit |
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disqualification. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 204.022, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Benefits computed on benefit wage credits of an |
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employee or former employee may not be charged to the account of an |
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employer if: |
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(1) on the initial date of employment, the employee |
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was receiving benefits under this subtitle; |
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(2) the employment did not constitute suitable work |
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for the employee, as determined under Section 207.008; and |
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(3) the employee worked for the employer for less than |
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four weeks. |
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SECTION 2. Section 207.045, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows: |
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(g-1) An individual who voluntarily leaves the individual's |
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last work is not disqualified for benefits under this section if: |
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(1) at the time the last work began, the individual was |
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receiving benefits under this subtitle; |
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(2) the work did not constitute suitable work for the |
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individual, as determined under Section 207.008; and |
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(3) the individual was employed at the last work for |
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less than four weeks. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the Texas |
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Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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claim filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |