HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1403        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1012

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kenneth I. Gordon

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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 amending the unemployment insurance law for workers with fluctuating work schedules.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/18/2017

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/18/2017

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/18/2017

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/18/2017

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

1/18/2017

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/26/2017

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/31/2017

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

1/18/2017

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/26/2017

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

1/18/2017

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/18/2017

Aaron Michlewitz

3rd Suffolk

1/18/2017

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

1/18/2017

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/18/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/18/2017

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

1/18/2017

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/18/2017

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/18/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1403        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1012

By Mr. Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1012) of Kenneth I. Gordon and others for legislation to further regulate the unemployment insurance law for workers with fluctuating work schedules.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act amending the unemployment insurance law for workers with fluctuating work schedules.

 

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 1(w) of chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 344, after the word “quarter”, the following words:--

; provided further, that if the individual has worked for 15 or more weeks and such deeming renders the individual ineligible for unemployment benefits, the amount shall be equal to one twenty-sixth of the total wages.