DEFINITION OF MISCONDUCT
Known as the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act
The act spans §§ 201–215 (345 sections).
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Collingsworth General Hospital v. Hunnicutt (1998)
Most recently applied in David E. Kaup v. Texas Workforce Commission and Global Security Consulting, Global Security Associates (December 2014)
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) "Misconduct" means mismanagement of a position of employment by action or inaction, neglect that jeopardizes the life or property of another, intentional wrongdoing or malfeasance, intentional violation of a law, or violation of a policy or rule adopted to ensure the orderly work and the safety of employees.
(b) The term "misconduct" does not include an act in response to an unconscionable act of an employer or superior.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.