84R8506 MAW-D
 
  By: Vo H.B. No. 1658
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the disqualification of certain temporary employees for
  unemployment compensation benefits.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 207.045(h), Labor Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (h)  A temporary employee of a temporary help firm is
  considered to have left the employee's last work voluntarily
  without good cause connected with the work if the temporary
  employee failed, without good cause, to [does not] contact the
  temporary help firm for reassignment on completion of an
  assignment. A temporary employee is not considered to have left
  work voluntarily without good cause connected with the work under
  this subsection unless the temporary employee has been advised:
               (1)  that the temporary employee is obligated to
  contact the temporary help firm on completion of assignments; and
               (2)  that unemployment benefits may be denied if the
  temporary employee fails to do so.
         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, 2015.