Texans receiving unemployment benefits will have a little extra time before they have to prove they are actively looking for work to continue receiving state assistance.
In mid-June, the Texas Workforce Commission announced people receiving unemployment benefits would have to document their work search efforts beginning July 6, with the first reports due July 19. It is a federal law to document work search efforts to receive unemployment benefits, but the requirement had been postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
However, TWC released a news release June 30 stating that work search requirements have been paused.
“Due to the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Texas, TWC has decided to pause the return of work search requirements at this time,” TWC Executive Director Ed Serna said in the release. “We will continue to monitor the situation and make further recommendations in late July.”
