SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1273        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 981

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Patricia D. Jehlen

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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 to protect temporary workers’ unemployment benefits.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

Jose F. Tosado

9th Hampden

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

Thomas M. McGee

Third Essex

Daniel A. Wolf

Cape and Islands

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

Kathleen O'Connor Ives

First Essex

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1273        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 981

By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 981) of Patricia D. Jehlen, Michael O. Moore, Jose F. Tosado, Sal N. DiDomenico and other members of the General Court for legislation to protect temporary workers’ unemployment benefits.  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 to protect temporary workers’ unemployment benefits.

 

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 25 of chapter 151A, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in subsection (e), the eighth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following:-

A temporary employee of a temporary help firm shall be deemed to have voluntarily quit employment if (i)  upon completion of an assignment, the temporary help firm contacts the temporary employee in writing on a form approved by the director in which receipt is acknowledged, notifying the temporary employee of an offer of reassignment of suitable employment, that the temporary employee must reply to such offer, and that failure to respond may result in ineligibility for benefits, and (ii) the temporary employee does not contact the temporary help firm inquiring for reassignment of suitable employment before filing for benefits. Failure to contact the temporary help firm shall not be deemed a voluntary quitting unless the claimant has been advised of the obligation in writing at the outset of the most recent temporary assignment.