Sec. 207.047. FAILURE TO APPLY FOR, ACCEPT, OR RETURN TO WORK    


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  • (a) An individual is disqualified for benefits if during the individual's current benefit year, the individual failed, without good cause, to:

    (1) apply for available, suitable work when directed to do so by the commission;

    (2) accept suitable work offered to the individual; or

    (3) return to the individual's customary self-employment, if any, when directed to do so by the commission.

    (b) Disqualification for benefits under this section continues until the individual has returned to employment and:

    (1) worked for six weeks; or

    (2) earned wages equal to six times the individual's benefit amount.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.