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MA Gen L ch 151a § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 20 - Compromise With Employers; Statement of Commissioner Filed

Section 20. (a) The commissioner, with the approval of the state advisory council, may enter into agreements of compromise with an employer in respect to any contributions, penalties and interest due thereunder wherein it is determined by the commissioner that there exists an inability on the part of the employer to make full payment of contribution with interest or penalty thereon, and that said employer has acted in good faith in all his relations with the department, and failure to compromise may result in termination of the employer's business and in loss of employment.  (b) When any compromise or agreement is made under provisions of this section, there shall be placed on file in the office of the department an opinion of the commissioner stating the reasons therefor with a statement of the amount of contribution due, the amount of interest and additional penalty imposed by the commissioner in consequence of the neglect or delinquency of the employer involved and the amount actually paid in accordance with the terms of the compromise. A copy of said opinion and statement shall be filed with the state advisory council.  (c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to an employer where there is an unemployment excise tax due on the same services under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, unless said agreement of compromise shall be contingent upon an agreement or compromise substantially similar in terms having been concluded under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code as to federal unemployment taxes, and evidence satisfactory thereof to the commissioner having been placed on file in the office of the department.  (d) Such agreement or compromise shall be final and conclusive except upon a showing of fraud, malfeasance or misrepresentation of a material fact.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 20a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 20a - Settlement for Amount Less Than Owed; Conditions; Agreements Subject to Attorney General Review; Reopening of Case

Section 20A. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the commissioner may accept a lesser amount than that owed by the employer in full and final settlement thereof, provided that the following conditions are met:  (1) the employer has filed a petition in bankruptcy pursuant to 11 USC section 101 et seq;  (2) the commissioner finds that collectibility of the amount due is doubtful;  (3) the commissioner finds that the employer has not acted with intent to defraud;  (4) there is a written agreement signed by the employer and the commissioner or the commissioner's representative, setting forth the reasons for the settlement and all relevant information, including, but not limited to, the name and address of the employer, the settlement amount, and the amount actually paid in accordance with the terms of the settlement. Upon request the commissioner shall make available for public inspection said written agreement; and  (5) the settlement agreement is approved by the federal bankruptcy court judge assigned to the case.  (b) Any settlement agreement under this section which proposes to accept an amount which is twenty thousand dollars or more less than the full amount owed by the employer or which proposes to accept an amount which is less than fifty percent of the full amount owed by the employer shall be submitted to the attorney general for review. Any such settlement proposal shall take effect twenty-one days after its receipt by the attorney general, unless the attorney general objects in writing to the settlement. In the event the attorney general objects to a settlement proposal, such settlement shall not take effect until the objection is resolved by the commissioner and attorney general. Any settlement approved under the terms of this section shall not be subject to the confidentiality provisions of section forty-six.  (c) Neither the employer nor the commissioner, upon signing the settlement agreement, shall be permitted to reopen the case except by reason of (1) falsification or concealment of assets or concealment of the actual amount owed by the employer, or (2) mutual mistake of a material fact sufficient to cause a contract to be reformed or set aside.  (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section sixty-nine A, any amount owed that is not collected pursuant to the provisions of this section may be charged off by the commissioner.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 21 - Deductions From Income Returnable for Taxation

Section 21. Contributions made by employers in accordance with this chapter shall be considered ordinary and necessary expenses of the business of the employer, and deductible from gross income from professions, employments, trades or businesses returnable for taxation under chapter sixty-two, or from corporate income returnable for taxation under chapter sixty-three.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 22 - Payment of Benefits in General

Section 22. Benefits shall be payable from the Unemployment Compensation Fund to any individual eligible for benefits under this chapter. Such benefits shall be paid, through the employment offices operated by the commonwealth or such other agencies of the division of unemployment assistance as the Federal Social Security Board or its successor may approve, at such times and in such manner as the commissioner shall prescribe.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 23 - Payment of Benefits; Waiting Period

Section 23. Benefits shall be paid to an eligible individual for no more than his weeks of unemployment subsequent to a waiting period, the duration of which shall be determined as follows:  (a) An individual who is in total or partial unemployment and who registers at an employment office or other place of registration maintained by the commissioner or has otherwise given notice of his unemployment in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the commissioner shall be eligible for benefits for unemployment subsequent to a waiting period sustained with respect to the benefit year to which the claim applies, which benefit year includes the week for which he claims payment for benefits. Said waiting period shall consist of one week of total or partial unemployment. No benefits shall be paid or become payable during said waiting period; thereafter benefits shall be payable weekly and shall be paid weekly; provided, however, that whenever, in the discretion of the commissioner, the public interest would be benefited thereby, benefits may be paid on a bi-weekly basis.  (b) With respect to an individual in total unemployment who has registered or given notice as required by this section the waiting period shall commence on the Sunday immediately preceding the date of registration. With respect to an individual in partial unemployment, such waiting period shall commence on the Sunday next but one preceding such registration or notice; provided, that in the case of an individual in partial unemployment the commissioner may prescribe an earlier Sunday on which such waiting period shall commence.  (c) There shall not be counted towards the required waiting period of an individual any week in which he fails to comply with the requirements of this section and of section twenty-four.  (d) There may be counted toward the required waiting period of an individual any week in which he receives remuneration on a subsistence basis for services rendered to a state or federal agency designed or created to relieve unemployment.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 24a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 24a - Seasonal Employment

Section 24A. (a) No waiting period shall be allowed and no benefits shall be paid to an individual on the basis of service performed in seasonal employment as defined by subsection (aa) of section one unless the claim is filed within the operating period of the seasonal employment. If the claim is filed outside the operating period of the seasonal employment, benefits may be paid on the basis of nonseasonal wages only.  (b) An employer shall provide the commissioner with such information necessary to make a seasonal determination defined by subsection (cc) of section one. Until the commissioner makes a seasonal determination, no employer or employee may be considered seasonal.  (c) Any employer notified of a seasonal determination may file an appeal regarding a seasonal determination and obtain review of the determination. Such appeal and review shall be in accordance with sections thirty-nine through forty-two, inclusive.  (d) Whenever an employer is determined to be a seasonal employer, the following provisions apply:  (1) The seasonal determination becomes effective the first day of the calendar quarter commencing after the date of the seasonal determination.  (2) The seasonal determination does not affect any benefit rights of seasonal workers with respect to employment before the effective date of the seasonal determination.  (e) If a seasonal employer, after the date of its seasonal determination, operates its business or its seasonal operation during a period or periods of 20 weeks or more in a calendar year, the employer shall be redetermined by the commissioner to have lost its seasonal status with respect to that business or operation effective at the end of the then current calendar quarter. The redetermination shall be reported in writing to the employer. An employer notified of a redetermination may file an appeal of the redetermination and obtain review of the redetermination in accordance with sections thirty-nine through forty-two, inclusive.  (f) Seasonal employers shall keep account of wages paid to seasonal workers within the seasonal period as determined by the commissioner, and shall report these wages on a special seasonal quarterly report form as prescribed by the commissioner.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 26 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 26 - Unemployment Benefits Received or Sought Under Laws of Another State or United States

Section 26. No waiting period shall be served and no benefits shall be paid under this chapter to an individual for any week with respect to which, or a part of which, he has received or is seeking unemployment benefits under an unemployment compensation law or employment security law of any other state or of the United States; provided, that, if the appropriate agency of such other state or of the United States finally determines that he is not entitled to such unemployment benefits, this section shall not apply.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 28 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 28 - Wages Not Included in Determination of Eligibility for Benefits

Section 28. Wages earned for services defined in subsection (i) of section six irrespective of when performed, shall not be included in determining eligibility for benefits under this chapter for the purposes of any benefit year commencing after July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, nor shall any benefits with respect to unemployment occurring on or after said July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, be payable on the basis of such wages.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 28b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 28b - Repayment of Unemployment Benefits Overpaid to Certain Officers, Partners, Owners or Other Interest Holders of Employing Unit

Section 28B. If an employee, who is a corporate officer, partner or owner of an employing unit, or is a person who has more than a 5 per cent equitable or debt interest in an employing unit or is an immediate family member of such individual, receives an unemployment benefit pursuant to this chapter and, during the same benefit year, resumes or returns to work for the same employing unit, then the department may determine that the employee's unemployment was due to circumstances within the employee's control and may seek repayment of any overpaid benefits.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 29f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 29f - Uncollected Overissuance of Food Stamp Coupons; Disclosure; Deductions

Section 29F. (a) An individual filing a new initial claim for unemployment benefits shall, at the time of filing such claim, disclose whether or not he owes an uncollected overissuance of food stamp coupons, as defined in section 13 (c) (1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977. The commissioner shall notify the state food stamp agency enforcing such obligation of an individual who discloses that he owes an uncollected overissuance of food stamp coupons and who is determined to be eligible for unemployment benefits.  (b) The commissioner shall deduct and withhold from any unemployment benefits payable to an individual who owes an uncollected overissuance of food stamps:  (1) the amount specified by the individual to the commissioner to be deducted and withheld under this clause;  (2) the amount, if any, determined pursuant to an agreement submitted to the state food stamp agency under section 13 (c) (3) (A) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977; or  (3) any amount otherwise required to be deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation pursuant to section 13 (c) (3) (B) of said Food Stamp Act.  (c) Any amount deducted and withheld under this section shall be paid by the commissioner to the appropriate state food stamp agency.  (d) Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection (b) shall for all purposes be treated as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment benefits and paid by such individual to the state food stamp agency as repayment of the individual's uncollected overissuance.  (e) For the purposes of this section, the term ''unemployment benefits'' shall mean benefits payable under this chapter, including amounts payable by the commissioner pursuant to an agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance or allowances with respect to unemployment.  (f) This section shall apply only if arrangements have been made for reimbursement by the state food stamp agency, so-called, for the administrative costs incurred by the commissioner under this section which are attributable to the repayment of uncollected overissuance to said state food stamp agency.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 30b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 30b - Payment of Additional Benefits Upon Termination of Eligibility for Benefits Pursuant to Federal Supplemental Compensation Act

Section 30B. (a) An individual whose eligibility or continued eligibility for unemployment benefits pursuant to the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 is terminated solely because of the failure of congress to make available funds for the continued payment of federal supplemental compensation shall be eligible for additional benefits under the same terms and conditions as provided in said Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982.  (b) The weekly benefit amount payable to such individual shall be the amount equal to that amount the individual would be entitled to under section 602(d) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982.  (c) Any benefit paid to an individual under this section shall be charged to the solvency account established pursuant to section fourteen except to the extent that the Unemployment Compensation Fund is reimbursed under any act of congress for the payment of such benefit.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 31 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 31 - Benefits in a Subsequent Benefit Year

Section 31. No individual may receive benefits in a subsequent benefit year unless, since the beginning of the previous benefit year during which he received benefits, he performed service for an employer subject to this chapter and has been paid wages for such service of not less than three times his weekly benefit rate for said previous benefit year.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 35 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 35 - Waiver of Rights; Agreement to Pay Contributions or Payments in Lieu of Contributions; Deduction From Wages; Enforcement

Section 35. Except as provided in the second paragraph, no agreement by an individual to waive his right to benefits or any other right under this chapter, or to pay all or any portion of the contributions or payments in lieu of contributions required hereunder from his employer, shall be valid. No employer shall make, or permit or require, any deduction from wages or salary of any employee to finance in whole or in part the contributions or payments in lieu of contributions required of the employer, or require any waiver by an employee of any right hereunder. The commissioner may make orders for the enforcement of this section, and shall cause all violations thereof and of this section to be prosecuted.  Nothing in this section shall preclude an individual from authorizing the commissioner, either directly or through an agreement entered into pursuant to Section 454(20)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act, to deduct and withhold from any unemployment compensation otherwise payable the amount of child support obligations owed by said individual. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ''child support obligations'' includes only obligations which are being enforced pursuant to a plan described in Section 454 of the Social Security Act which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under Part D of Title IV of that Act.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 36 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 36 - Assigning, Encumbering or Releasing Benefits; Exemption From Claims of Creditors; Exception

Section 36. Benefits which are or may become due under this chapter shall not be assigned, pledged, encumbered, released, commuted or trusteed before payment; and when paid shall, as long as they are not mingled with other funds of the beneficiary, be exempt from all claims of creditors, and from levy, execution and attachment or other remedy now or hereafter provided for the recovery or collection of debt, which exemption may not be waived.  Nothing in this section shall prevent benefits payable under this chapter from being assigned, executed upon, trusteed, or otherwise attached when the purpose of such assignment or attachment is to satisfy a support order under chapter two hundred and eight, two hundred and nine, or two hundred and seventy-three or to satisfy an order to provide child support issued pursuant to legal process as defined in Section 462(e) of the Social Security Act.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 37 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 37 - Fees and Representation in Proceedings Under This Chapter; Solicitation of Business of Representing Claimant

Section 37. No fee shall be charged in any proceeding under this chapter by the commissioner or any of his agents or representatives.  In any proceeding under this chapter a party may be represented by an agent or attorney. No fees for the services rendered by such agent or attorney to an individual claiming benefits shall be allowable or payable unless the amount thereof shall have been previously approved by the commissioner, except in proceedings arising under sections forty and forty-one, when such fees shall be so approved by the board of review. Whoever exacts or receives any remuneration or gratuity for any services rendered on behalf of a benefit claimant under this chapter, except as authorized by this section, or who solicits the business of appearing on behalf of a benefit claimant or employer, or who makes it a business to solicit employment for another in connection with the making of any claim for benefits or for the purpose of opposing a claim or claims under this chapter, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 38a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 38a - Payment of Benefits Resulting From Failure of Employing Unit to Timely or Adequately Respond to Department Request for Information

Section 38A. (a) If the director, or the director's authorized representative, determines, after providing written or electronic notice to the employer, that a payment of benefits was made because the employing unit, or an agent of the employing unit, was at fault for failing to respond timely or adequately to any request of the department for information relating to the claim for benefits, then: (i) the employing unit, except for employing units making payments into the Unemployment Compensation Fund under section 14A, shall not be relieved of charges on account of any such payment of benefits; and (ii) if the employing unit makes payments into the Fund under section 14A, it shall not be relieved from reimbursing the fund on account of any such payment of benefits. For purposes of this subsection, a response shall be considered inadequate if it fails to provide sufficient facts to enable the department to make the proper determination regarding a claim for benefits. A response shall not be considered inadequate if the department fails to ask for all necessary information, except in any case where there has been a failure to respond.  (b) The director shall adopt regulations implementing this section.  (c) A determination that an employing unit, or an agent of an employing unit, is at fault for failing to timely or adequately respond to a request of the department relating to a claim for benefits may be appealed under sections 39 to 42, inclusive, but the remedy shall not be subject to appeal.
MA Gen L ch 151a § 40 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance|Section 40 - Application for Review

Section 40. A claimant or interested party may, within thirty days after mailing to him of notice of the decision, file an application for a review of such decision by the board of review.