Welcome to the Boston Re-Employment Center (REC)

Learn about how the Boston Re-Employment Center can help you.

At the Boston Re-Employment Center, we can answer specific questions about your unemployment benefits and connect you to job search services. We are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. See below to learn about the services we offer and how to make an appointment to get help.

If you already have an appointment, here's what you need to know to get ready.

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Services offered at the Re-Employment Center

The Boston Re-Employment Center offers many services to job seekers, including help with your claim, help with your Unemployment Benefits account, and help connecting you to job search services.

Help with your claim

• File a new claim or reopen a claim
• Come in to drop off documents connected to your claim. You can turn in paperwork related to your claims
• Print paperwork for  unemployment benefits
• Certify your work search every week after you file your claim.
• Complete your questionnaire
• Understand paperwork we sent you about your claim
• Understand overpayments connected to your claim

Help with your Unemployment Benefits account

• Reset your password
• Reset your PIN
• Update your personal information. We can help you change your bank information and information about your family. We can also help you change your email address and mailing address.

New career opportunities

• Connect to MassHire services, sign up with the MassHire Career Center, and register on MassHire JobQuest.

How to make an appointment

Make an appointment to visit the Boston Re-Employment Center.

The center is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Services not offered at the Re-Employment Center

This Center does not provide services related to these services:

• Filing appeals, scheduling hearings, or getting a hearing status
• Overpayments
• Department of Revenue Child Support services
• Employer services
• Payments on hold because of Identity Verification requests
• Reporting fraud
• Housing verifications
• Filing complaints with the Mass Commission Against Discrimination
• Social Security services (new filings or requesting a duplicate card)

The Re-Employment Center Address

The physical location of the Re-employment Center is:

2 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA 02111

If you need to mail documentation, send it to: 

100 Cambridge Street 
Boston, MA  02114