Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 430 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE › Title 430 CMR 4.00 - Benefit Series › Base Period › Section 4.83 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The following words and phrases shall have the following
				  meanings, unless otherwise clearly indicated by the content of
				  430 CMR
				  4.00:
Alternate Base Period
shall mean
				  with respect to benefit years beginning after October 1, 1994 but before April
				  2, 1995, the period of 52 consecutive calendar weeks ending with the day
				  immediately preceding the first day of a claimant's benefit year. With respect
				  to benefit years beginning on or after April 2, 1995, the term "alternate base
				  period" shall mean the period including the last three completed calendar
				  quarters immediately preceding the first day of a claimant's benefit year plus
				  the lag period.
Benefit Credit
means the total
				  benefits which a claimant may receive during the benefit year as calculated
				  pursuant to M.G.L. c. 151A, §30(a).
Benefit Year
means the period of 52
				  consecutive weeks beginning on the Sunday immediately preceding the date on
				  which an individual files a claim for benefits; provided, however, that the
				  benefit year shall be 53 weeks if filing a new claim would result in
				  overlapping any quarter of the base period of a previously filed new claim
				  where such extension of the benefit year will prevent such overlapping;
				  provided, further that, with respect to the week in which such claim is
				  filed:
(a) the individual has no unexpired benefit year; and
(b) the individual meets the requirement of M.G.L. c. 151A,
				  § 24(a); provided, further, that if the individual has been denied
				  benefits during the period the individual is receiving termination, severance,
				  or dismissal pay, or payment in
lieu
of dismissal notice under
				  the provisions of M.G.L. c. 151A, §24(r) clause (3), the individual's
				  benefit year shall be extended by the number of weeks for which the individual
				  was disqualified but no more than 52 weeks.
Calendar Quarter
means any one of
				  the following periods in any year: January 1st to
				  March 31st; April 1st to
				  June 30th; July 1st to
				  September 30th; and October
				  1st to December
				  31st.
Claimant
means an individual who has
				  filed a claim for unemployment benefits pursuant to M.G.L. c. 151A.
Commissioner
means the commissioner
				  of the Division ofUnemployment Assistance established under the provisions of
				  M.G.L. c. 23, § 9I.
Lag Period
means the period
				  beginning with the day following the end of the last completed calendar quarter
				  in the primary base period and ending with the day immediately preceding the
				  first day of the benefit year.
Monetary Determination
for the
				  purposes of
				  430
				  CMR 4.85 and
				  4.86 means a
				  determination involving the claimant's total benefit credit.
Primary Base Period
shall mean with
				  respect to benefit years beginning after October 1, 1994 but before April 2,
				  1995 the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately
				  preceding a claimant's benefit year. With respect to benefit years beginning on
				  or after April 2, 1995, the term "primary base period" shall mean the last four
				  completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of a claimant's
				  benefit year.