Tex.
Labor Code Section 207.022
Commission-approved Training
(a)
An individual may not be denied benefits because the individual is in training with the approval of the commission.(b)
An individual may not be denied benefits for a benefit period in which the individual is in training with the approval of the commission because of the provisions of Section 207.021 (Benefit Eligibility Conditions) relating to the individual’s:(1)
availability for work;(2)
active search for work; or(3)
refusal to apply for or refusal to accept suitable work.(c)
Approval of training must be obtained as required by rules adopted by the commission.(b)
An otherwise eligible individual may not be denied benefits for a week:(1)
that the individual was in training;(2)
that the individual left work to enter training if the work the individual left was not suitable employment; or(3)
because of the application to the week in training of a provision of this subtitle or a federal unemployment compensation law relating to the individual’s:(A)
availability for work;(B)
active search for work; or(C)
refusal to accept work.(c)
For the purposes of Subsection (b), “suitable employment” means work for an individual that:(1)
is of a skill level substantially equal to or higher than that of the individual’s past adversely affected employment, as that term is used by the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2101 et seq.); and(2)
pays wages that are not less than 80 percent of the individual’s average weekly wage as determined for the purposes of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2101 et seq.).
Source:
Section 207.022 — Commission-approved Training, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.207.htm#207.022 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
