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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) This section applies only to training approved under Section 236(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2296(a)(1)).
(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.).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Labor Code - LAB § 207.023. Training Under the Trade Act of 1974 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/labor-code/lab-sect-207-023/
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