SECTION 1: Section 28A of said chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following:-
(e) with respect to any services described in subsections (a) and (b) that are provided to or on behalf of an educational institution, benefits shall not be paid to any individual under the same circumstances as described in subsections (a) through (c).
SECTION 2: Section 29 of said chapter 151A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (d)(6) the following:-
(7) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the amount of benefits otherwise payable to an individual for any week that begins in a period with respect to which such individual is receiving governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or any other similar periodic payment from a defined benefit plan that is based on the previous work of such individual for the separating employer or for a base period employer shall be reduced by an amount equal to 65 per cent of the amount of such payment that is reasonably attributable to such week; provided, however, that such reduction shall apply only when such separating or base period employer employed the individual for at least 75 per cent of the individual's total length of service on which the defined benefit plan is based; and provided, further that such reduction shall apply only if, and to the extent, then consistent with section 3304(a)(15) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Payments received under the Social Security Act shall not be subject to this paragraph.
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