Tex. Lab. Code § 207.008 · Subchapter A. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
SUITABLE WORK.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In determining whether work is suitable for an individual, the commission shall consider:
(1) the degree of risk involved to the individual's health, safety, and morals at the place of performance of the work;
(2) the individual's physical fitness and previous training;
(3) the individual's experience and previous earnings;
(4) the individual's length of unemployment and prospects for securing local work in the individual's customary occupation; and
(5) the distance of the work from the individual's residence.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, work is not suitable and benefits may not be denied under this subtitle to an otherwise eligible individual for refusal to accept new work if:
(1) the position offered is vacant directly because of a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute;
(2) the wages, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality; or
(3) as a condition of being employed, the individual is required to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining a bona fide labor organization.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.207.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Lab. Code § 207.008. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Labor Code
- Tex. Lab. Code § 204.022EXCLUSIONS FROM CHARGEBACKS.Printed as Section 207.008
- Tex. Lab. Code § 207.045VOLUNTARILY LEAVING WORK.Printed as Section 207.008
- Tex. Lab. Code § 209.046EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIREMENT TO ACCEPT OR APPLY FOR SUITABLE WORK.Printed as Section 207.008
- Tex. Lab. Code § 209.047SUITABLE WORK.Printed as Section 207.008
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