Bill Text: TX SB689 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 689 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to excluding certain short-term employment from unemployment compensation chargebacks and grounds for benefit disqualification.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-25 - Referred to Economic Development [SB689 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB689-Introduced.html

	83R6995 MAW-F

	By: Ellis	S.B. No. 689



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