Amendment #1245 to H4200

Plumbers' Apprentice Unemployment

Representatives Scibak of South Hadley, Ashe of Longmeadow, Ayers of Quincy, Benson of Lunenburg, Brodeur of Melrose, Cabral of New Bedford, Campanale of Leicester, Campbell of Methuen, Cantwell of Marshfield, Cariddi of North Adams, Cassidy of Brockton, Chan of Quincy, Coppinger of Boston, Cullinane of Boston, Cutler of Duxbury, Day of Stoneham, DiZoglio of Methuen, Donahue of Worcester, Dooley of Norfolk, DuBois of Brockton, Dwyer of Woburn, Dykema of Holliston, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Ferguson of Holden, Fernandes of Milford, Finn of West Springfield, Garballey of Arlington, Garlick of Needham, Garry of Dracut, Gentile of Sudbury, Gifford of Wareham, Golden of Lowell, Gonzalez of Springfield, Gordon of Bedford, Gregoire of Marlborough, Hay of Fitchburg, Hecht of Watertown, Heroux of Attleboro, Honan of Boston, Howitt of Seekonk, Calter of Kingston, Kane of Shrewsbury, Kocot of Northampton, Koczera of New Bedford, Livingstone of Boston, Madaro of Boston, Madden of Nantucket, Mahoney of Worcester, Mark of Peru, Markey of Dartmouth, McMurtry of Dedham, Michlewitz of Boston, Moran of Lawrence, Murphy of Weymouth, O'Day of West Boylston, Parisella of Beverly, Provost of Somerville, Rogers of Cambridge, Ryan of Boston, Sannicandro of Ashland, Stanley of Waltham, Timilty of Milton, Tucker of Salem, Ultrino of Malden, Vega of Holyoke, Vieira of Falmouth, Vincent of Revere, Hunt of Boston and Walsh of Peabody move to amend the bill, by inserting after Section 50 the following section:

Section 51. Section 24 of Chapter 151A is hereby amended by striking subsection ( c ) and inserting in place thereof the following:

(c) Have given notice of his unemployment, by registering either in a public employment office or in such other manner, and within such time or times, as the commissioner shall prescribe, and have given notice of the continuance of his unemployment and furnished information concerning any remuneration received by him during the period for which he claims benefits, in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the commissioner.

An individual who is certified as attending an industrial retraining course or other vocational training course as provided under section thirty, who is attending an apprentice training program registered by the Division of Apprentice Standards,  shall be deemed to be available for work under clause (b) of the first paragraph of this section.

No individual shall be considered ineligible for benefits because of failure to comply with the provisions of said clause (b) if such failure is due to an illness or disability which occurs during a period of unemployment after he has filed a claim and registered for work, and has been determined to be otherwise eligible; provided, that no work which would have been considered suitable but for such illness or disability was offered to him after he became ill or disabled; provided further, that the exception granted under this paragraph shall apply to three weeks only within a benefit year.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1245 to H4200

Plumbers' Apprentice Unemployment