Title LA, Labor Code

Sec. 209.022. STATE "ON" AND "OFF" INDICATOR WEEKS. (a) Except for a week to which Subsection (b) applies, a week is a state "on" indicator week if the rate of insured unemployment for the period consisting of that week and the preceding 12 weeks: (1) is five percent or more; and…

Sec. 209.023. RATE OF INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT. For the purpose of Section 209.022, the rate of insured unemployment is computed by: (1) dividing: (A) the average weekly number of individuals filing claims for regular compensation in this state for weeks of unemployment with respect …

Sec. 209.024. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF EXTENDED BENEFIT PERIOD. The commission shall publicly announce, in accordance with commission rule, the beginning of each extended benefit period and the termination of each extended benefit period. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff.…

Sec. 209.025. FEDERAL FUNDING OF EXTENDED BENEFITS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the commission by rule may adjust the extended benefit eligibility period as necessary to maximize the receipt of any fully funded federal extended unemployment benefits, i…

Sec. 209.041. ELIGIBILITY FOR EXTENDED BENEFITS. An individual is eligible to receive extended benefits for a benefit period of unemployment in the individual's eligibility period if, with respect to the benefit period, the individual: (1) has exhausted all regular benefits; (2) …

Sec. 209.042. EXHAUSTION OF REGULAR BENEFITS. (a) An individual has exhausted regular benefits with respect to a benefit period of unemployment in the individual's eligibility period if the individual: (1) before that period: (A) has received all of the regular benefits available…

Sec. 209.043. REQUIREMENT TO SEEK WORK. (a) An individual is ineligible for payment of extended benefits for a benefit period in the individual's eligibility period if during that period the individual failed to actively seek work. (b) For purposes of Subsection (a), an individua…

Sec. 209.044. REQUIREMENT TO ACCEPT OR APPLY FOR SUITABLE WORK. An individual is ineligible for payment of extended benefits for a benefit period in the individual's eligibility period if during that period the individual failed to: (1) accept an offer of suitable work; or (2) ap…

Sec. 209.045. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE REFERRALS TO SUITABLE WORK. The employment service shall refer a claimant entitled to extended benefits to suitable work that meets the standards prescribed in Sections 209.046, 209.047(a), and 209.047(b). Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, ef…

Sec. 209.046. EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIREMENT TO ACCEPT OR APPLY FOR SUITABLE WORK. An individual may not be denied extended benefits for failure to accept a job offer of suitable work or apply for suitable work if: (1) the work was not offered to the individual in writing and was not …

Sec. 209.047. SUITABLE WORK. (a) For the purposes of this subchapter, and subject to Subsections (b) and (c), suitable work for an individual is work: (1) within the individual's capabilities; (2) for which the gross average weekly remuneration payable exceeds the sum of: (A) the…

Sec. 209.048. DURATION OF INELIGIBILITY; WORK REQUIREMENTS. An individual ineligible for extended benefits under Section 209.043 or 209.044 is ineligible for benefits for a period: (1) beginning with the first day of the week following the week in which the individual is ineligib…

Sec. 209.049. INELIGIBILITY DUE TO DISQUALIFICATION. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an individual is ineligible to receive extended benefits for a benefit period in the individual's eligibility period if the individual has been disqualified for regular or extended bene…

Sec. 209.050. INTERSTATE CLAIM. (a) An individual is ineligible for extended benefits payable for a benefit period under an interstate claim filed in any state under an interstate benefit payment plan if an extended benefit period is not in effect for the benefit period in that s…

Sec. 209.061. WEEKLY EXTENDED BENEFIT AMOUNT. The weekly extended benefit amount payable to an individual for a benefit period of total unemployment in the individual's eligibility period is equal to the weekly benefit amount payable to the individual during the individual's appl…

Sec. 209.062. MAXIMUM TOTAL EXTENDED BENEFIT AMOUNT. The total extended benefit amount payable to an eligible individual for the individual's eligibility period is 50 percent of the total amount of regular benefits that were payable to the individual under this subtitle in the in…

Sec. 209.063. EFFECT OF TRADE READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCES. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the remaining balance of extended benefits that an individual would otherwise be entitled to receive in an extended benefit period for benefit periods beginning after …

Sec. 209.081. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND. (a) Extended benefits shall be paid from the compensation fund. (b) Payments made by the federal government for its share of extended benefits shall be deposited in the compensation fund. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Se…

Sec. 209.082. CHARGES TO REIMBURSING EMPLOYER. Fifty percent of the extended benefit payments based on benefit wage credits from a reimbursing employer shall be charged to the employer's account and reimbursed by the employer in the same manner as a regular benefit payment. Those…

Sec. 209.083. CHARGES TO TAXED EMPLOYER. (a) Fifty percent of extended benefit payments based on benefit wage credits from a taxed employer are chargebacks and must be used in determining the employer's benefit ratio unless regular benefits paid to the individual were determined …

Sec. 209.084. CHARGES TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYER. The total amount of extended benefit payments shall be charged to the employer if the payments are based on benefit wage credits earned from: (1) a state; (2) any political subdivision of a state; or (3) any instrumentality of any o…

Sec. 209.0845. CHARGES TO INDIAN TRIBE. The total amount of extended benefit payments that are attributable to service in the employ of an Indian tribe and not reimbursed by the federal government shall be charged to the Indian tribe. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 518, Sec. …

Sec. 209.085. NOTICE TO TAXED BASE PERIOD EMPLOYER. (a) The notice to a taxed base period employer of a claim for benefits under Section 204.023 or 204.027 must state that if the claim results in the payment of extended benefits, the maximum potential chargeback may be increased …