85R10373 SMT-D     By: Longoria H.B. No. 2511       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the disqualification of certain temporary employees for   unemployment compensation benefits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 207.045(h), Labor Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (h)  A temporary employee of a temporary help firm is   considered to have left the employee's last work voluntarily   without good cause connected with the work if the temporary   employee failed, without good cause, to [does not] contact the   temporary help firm for reassignment on completion of an   assignment. A temporary employee is not considered to have left   work voluntarily without good cause connected with the work under   this subsection unless the temporary employee has been advised:                (1)  that the temporary employee is obligated to   contact the temporary help firm on completion of assignments; and                (2)  that unemployment benefits may be denied if the   temporary employee fails to do so.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the   Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this   Act. A claim filed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and   the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.