TITLE: Relating to the disqualification from receiving unemployment benefits of individuals who resign from work in lieu of being discharged for misconduct.

SUMMARY: Relating to the disqualification from receiving unemployment benefits of individuals who resign from work in lieu of being discharged for misconduct.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the disqualification from receiving unemployment benefits of individuals who resign from work in lieu of being discharged for misconduct. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 207.045, Labor Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g-2) to read as follows: (g-2) An individual who left the individual's last work voluntarily in lieu of being discharged for misconduct is disqualified from receiving benefits, regardless of whether: (1) the individual gave advance notice to the employer of the individual's resignation; (2) the individual was terminated by the employer before the date stated in an advance notice of resignation as the individual's last day of work; or (3) the employer paid the individual for the entire notice period. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.