By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate,
No. 1069) of Patricia D. Jehlen for legislation to promote
fairness in unemployment insurance for workers seeking
part-time work. Labor and Workforce Development.
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By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate,
No. 1069) of Patricia D. Jehlen for legislation to promote
fairness in unemployment insurance for workers seeking
part-time work. Labor and Workforce Development.
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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. Section 24 of chapter 151A, as appearing in the
2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after line 49 the
following:—
(d) An individual who seeks part-time work shall be considered available for
work provided that the individual restricts his or her work search to part-time
work for good cause. No individual who is otherwise eligible for benefits shall
be considered ineligible solely because the individual seeks part-time work.
For the purposes of this subsection, the term “part-time work” shall mean work
of at least fourteen hours a week and at less than the full-time work schedule
customarily for the individual’s occupation. The deputy director shall
promulgate regulations that define good cause for restricting work search in
the benefit year to part-time work and said definition shall include the
necessity to reduce hours of work due to child care or the care of sick or
elderly family members.
