MS 100.1 RESEA Attendance

Click on the case numbers below to access decisions, where attendance at an Unemployment Insurance Re-employment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) may affect the continued payment of benefits.

334-FHHT-KLD8

334-FHHT-KLD8 (June 30, 2025) – Obtaining a part-time job does not constitute good cause to miss a RESEA review deadline within the meaning of 430 CMR 4.01(8). Held the claimant was ineligible for benefits pursuant to G.L. c. 151A, § 25(a), until she finally attained her RESEA review.

0030 9537 40

0030 9537 40 (Sept. 23, 2019) – Receiving of an offer to start a full-time job within a couple of weeks of a scheduled RESEA review constituted good cause for the claimant’s failure to attend.

0015 7819 25

0015 7819 25 (Nov. 5, 2015) – The claimant does not have to comply with the REA seminar requirements while she is in a section 30 approved training program because section 30 approval results in a waiver of the work search requirement.