| 1 | 1 | | 85R10373 SMT-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Longoria H.B. No. 2511 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the disqualification of certain temporary employees for |
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| 8 | 8 | | unemployment compensation benefits. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 207.045(h), Labor Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (h) A temporary employee of a temporary help firm is |
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| 13 | 13 | | considered to have left the employee's last work voluntarily |
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| 14 | 14 | | without good cause connected with the work if the temporary |
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| 15 | 15 | | employee failed, without good cause, to [does not] contact the |
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| 16 | 16 | | temporary help firm for reassignment on completion of an |
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| 17 | 17 | | assignment. A temporary employee is not considered to have left |
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| 18 | 18 | | work voluntarily without good cause connected with the work under |
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| 19 | 19 | | this subsection unless the temporary employee has been advised: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) that the temporary employee is obligated to |
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| 21 | 21 | | contact the temporary help firm on completion of assignments; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) that unemployment benefits may be denied if the |
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| 23 | 23 | | temporary employee fails to do so. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 25 | 25 | | to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the |
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| 26 | 26 | | Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act. A claim filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 28 | 28 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and |
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| 29 | 29 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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