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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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LABOR CODE |
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Title 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT |
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Subtitle A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT |
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Chapter 207. BENEFITS |
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Subchapter C. EXCEPTIONS TO AND DISQUALIFICATION FOR BENEFITS |
Sec. 207.046. INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION
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(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 as evidenced by:
(A) an active or recently issued protective order documenting family violence against, or the stalking of, the employee or the potential for family violence against, or the stalking of, the employee;
(B) a police record documenting family violence against, or the stalking of, the employee; or
(C) a physician's statement or other medical documentation that describes the family violence against the employee that:
(i) is recorded in any form or medium that identifies the employee as the patient; and
(ii) relates to the history, diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient; or
(3) the individual leaves the workplace to care for the individual's terminally ill spouse as evidenced by a physician's statement or other medical documentation, but only if no reasonable, alternative care was available.
(b) Except as provided by law, evidence regarding an employee described by Subsection (a)(2) may not be disclosed to any person without the consent of the employee.
(c) In this section:
(1) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code.
(2) "Stalking" means conduct described by Section 42.072, Penal Code.