Tex. Lab. Code § 207.044 · Subchapter C. EXCEPTIONS TO AND DISQUALIFICATION FOR BENEFITS

DISCHARGE FOR MISCONDUCT.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(a) An individual is disqualified for benefits if the individual was discharged for misconduct connected with the individual's last work.

(b) Disqualification 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.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Source of truth

Edition: 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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