SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1323        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 965

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Viriato M. deMacedo

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to unemployment insurance.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Viriato M. deMacedo

Plymouth and Barnstable


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1323        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 965

By Mr. deMacedo, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 965) of Viriato M. deMacedo for legislation relative to unemployment insurance.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to unemployment insurance.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 24 of chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended in subsection (a) by striking out in lines 3 and 4 the words “Have been paid wages in the base period amounting to at least thirty times the weekly benefit rate” and inserting in place thereof the following:-

Have been paid wages in at least two quarters of the base period amounting to at least thirty times the weekly benefit rate