HB1070 - Relating to the eligibility for unemployment benefits of individuals who are unemployed due to certain labor disputes.

  89R3597 RDS-D     By: Turner H.B. No. 1070       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the eligibility for unemployment benefits of   individuals who are unemployed due to certain labor disputes.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.   Section 207.048, Labor Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a), (b), and (f) and adding Subsection (g) to   read as follows:          (a)  An individual is disqualified for benefits for a benefit   period in which the individual's total or partial unemployment is   caused by[ :                [ (1) ]  the individual's stoppage of work because of a   labor dispute at the factory, establishment, or other premises   where the individual is or was last employed[ ; or                [ (2)  a labor dispute at another place that:                      [ (A)     is owned or operated by the same employing   unit that owns or operates the premises where the individual is or   was last employed; and                      [ (B)     supplies material or services necessary to   the continued and usual operation of the premises where the   individual is or was last employed ].          (b)  Disqualification for benefits under this section does   not apply to an individual who shows to the satisfaction of the   commission that the individual:                (1)  is not participating in, financing, or directly   interested in the labor dispute; [ and ]                (2)  does not belong to a grade or class of workers any   members of which were employed at the premises of the labor dispute   immediately before the beginning of the labor dispute and any of   whom are participating in, financing, or directly interested in the   dispute ;                 (3)     has been locked out of the individual's place of   employment; or                 (4)     has been placed on emergency leave without pay by   the individual's employer .          (f)  For the purposes of this section :                 (1)     "Locked out" means the denial of entry by an   employer to the place of employment of employees of that employer   who have not:                       (A)  gone on strike; or                       (B)     notified the employer of a date on which the   employees intend to go on strike.                 (2)  "Premises" [ , "premises" ] includes a vessel.           (g)     For the purposes of Subsection (b), the payment of   regular union dues by an individual does not constitute financing a   labor dispute.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.