Tex. Labor Code § 209.043
REQUIREMENT TO SEEK WORK
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- Tex. Labor Code § 209.043, REQUIREMENT TO SEEK WORK, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/686929
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(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 individual is actively seeking work during a benefit period if the individual:
(1) engages in a systematic and sustained effort to obtain work during the benefit period; and
(2) furnishes tangible evidence of that effort.