Bill Text: MA S706 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Promote fairness for workers requalifying for unemployment insurance
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-15 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means [S706 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S706-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
O'Leary, Robert (SEN)
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act promoting fairness for workers requalifying for unemployment insurance.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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O'Leary, Robert (SEN) |
Cape and Islands |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01087 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act promoting fairness for workers requalifying for 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. Paragraph (e) of section 25 of chapter 151A, as appearing in the 2006 official edition, is hereby amended by striking the first clause in lines 109 to 112 appearing before (1), and replacing it with the following:-
“For the period of unemployment next ensuing and until the individual has had at least eight weeks of work and earned an amount equivalent to or in excess of eight times the individual’s weekly benefit amount after the individual has left work.”
