Texas Labor Code
§ 207.046 — INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION
LA § 207.046Title 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT · Part A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT · Ch. 207. BENEFITS · Art. C. EXCEPTIONS TO AND DISQUALIFICATION FOR BENEFITS
Statute text
View on source(a)An individual is not disqualified for benefits under this subchapter if:
(1)the work-related reason for the individual's separation from employment was urgent, compelling, and necessary so as to make the separation involuntary;
(2)the individual leaves the workplace to protect the individual from family violence or stalking or the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family from violence related to a sexual assault as evidenced by:
(A)an active or recently issued protective order documenting sexual assault of the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family or family violence against, or the stalking of, the individual or the potential for family violence against, or the stalking of, the individual;
(B)a police record documenting sexual assault of the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family or family violence against, or the stalking of, the individual;
(C)a physician's statement or other medical documentation that describes the sexual assault of the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family or family violence against the individual that:
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1180 (H.B. 550), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 841 (H.B. 26), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 841 (H.B. 26), Sec. 4, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 375 (S.B. 818), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.