{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-207.047","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 207.047","heading":"FAILURE TO APPLY FOR, ACCEPT, OR RETURN TO WORK.","body":"(a) An individual is disqualified for benefits if during the individual's current benefit year, the individual failed, without good cause, to:\n(1) apply for available, suitable work when directed to do so by the commission;\n(2) accept suitable work offered to the individual; or\n(3) return to the individual's customary self-employment, if any, when directed to do so by the commission.\n(b) Disqualification for benefits under this section continues until the individual has returned to employment and:\n(1) worked for six weeks; or\n(2) earned wages equal to six times the individual's benefit amount.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.207.htm#207.047","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"440bdbd0887a89ba55ebbab24e6f3742cf729c33a2ae1456070d41ec9b7021a5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-207.046","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-207.048"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}