Tex. Labor Code § 207.047: FAILURE TO APPLY FOR, ACCEPT, OR RETURN TO WORK.
Where this section sits in the code
- LABOR CODE
- TITLE 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT
- SUBTITLE A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT
- CHAPTER 207. BENEFITS
- SUBCHAPTER C. EXCEPTIONS TO AND DISQUALIFICATION FOR BENEFITS
(a) An individual is disqualified for benefits if during the individual's current benefit year, the individual failed, without good cause, to:
(1) apply for available, suitable work when directed to do so by the commission;
(2) accept suitable work offered to the individual; or
(3) return to the individual's customary self-employment, if any, when directed to do so by the commission.
(b) Disqualification for benefits 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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