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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Labor Code § 207.044: DISCHARGE FOR MISCONDUCT.

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  1. LABOR CODE
  2. TITLE 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT
  3. SUBTITLE A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT
  4. CHAPTER 207. BENEFITS
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. EXCEPTIONS TO AND DISQUALIFICATION FOR BENEFITS

(a) An individual is disqualified for benefits if the individual was discharged for misconduct connected with the individual's last work.

(b) Disqualification under this section continues until the individual has returned to employment and:

(1) worked for six weeks; or

(2) earned wages equal to six times the individual's benefit amount.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

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