By Ms. Allen of Boston, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1773) of Willie Mae Allen and others for legislation relative to unemployment insurance for certain employees.  Labor and Workforce Development.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Willie Mae Allen

Theodore C. Speliotis

Steven J. D'Amico

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act  To Promote 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 2002 Official Edition, is hereby

amended by striking the first clause in lines 111 to 114 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