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TR 700.00 Working While in Training

Click on the case numbers below for access to cases that decide whether a claimant who works while in an approved training program remains eligible for benefits under G.L. c. 151A, § 30(c).

0084 3684 64

0084 3684 64 (Mar. 7, 2025) – Where the claimant was in an approved G.L. c. 151A, § 30(c) training program, he was not required to accept all suitable work offered by his employer, and his decision to reduce his hours to focus on his training program did not render him ineligible for benefits under G.L. c. 151A, §§ 29 and 1(r).

0016 1648 59

0016 1648 59 (Dec. 28, 2015) – Claimant, who was retroactively awarded training benefits on appeal, may quit subsidiary part-time employment obtained during the benefit year, because his part-time job interfered with his participation in an approved full-time training program, without incurring disqualification or a constructive deduction.

0014 0406 76

0014 0406 76 (Mar. 4, 2015) – The claimant’s continuing subsidiary part-time employment did not render her ineligible for training benefits under G.L. c. 151A, § 30(c).  The program satisfied the full-time training requirement, where the claimant was required to engage in 120 hours of field work in addition to her credit hour coursework.

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