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).

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.