Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-23

OTH 23

Protection of Locked Out Workers

Messrs. Montigny, Moore and Brady moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section ___, the following new section:-

"SECTION X.  Section 30 of chapter 151A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:-

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the total benefits an individual who has been locked out of his usual place of employment by his employer may receive shall be extended for so long as such individual remains locked out by his employer, up to 26 times the individual’s benefit rate; provided, that such additional benefits shall be paid to the individual only if such individual has exhausted all rights to regular and extended benefits under this chapter and has no rights to benefits or compensation under this chapter or any other state unemployment compensation law or under federal law."