SENATE DOCKET, NO. 682        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 994

 

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

 

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

 

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

2/2/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 682        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 994

By Mr. deMacedo, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 994) of Viriato M. deMacedo, Mathew Muratore and Donald F. Humason, Jr. for legislation relative to unemployment insurance.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 965 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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

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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 2014 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"