Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance
Section 42a - Commissioner Represented by Attorney General or Designated Attorney

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XXI - Labor and Industries

Chapter 151a - Unemployment Insurance

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Service Deemed ''employment''; Exclusions

Section 3 - Service Within and Without Commonwealth Included in ''employment''

Section 4a - Service Included in Employment; American Employer; State

Section 5 - Services Under Arrangements With Agencies of Other States and Federal Government Included in ''employment''

Section 6 - Service Not Included in ''employment''

Section 6a - Other Service Not Included in ''employment''

Section 8 - Employing Units Subject to Statute

Section 8a - Other Employing Units Subject to Statute

Section 8b - Domestic Service and Agricultural Labor; Employer

Section 8c - Crew Leaders; Definition; Employees of Crew Leaders

Section 9 - Individuals Employed by Unit in Several Places

Section 11 - Ceasing to Be Subject to Statute on Application

Section 12 - Determination Whether Employer Within Statute; Review; Double Costs; Reconsideration

Section 13 - Payment of Required Contribution; Secondary Adjustment Payments; Credited to Unemployment Compensation Fund

Section 14 - Contribution Rates in General; Contributions in General; Definitions; Notice of Payment of Benefit and Potential Charges; Review; Transfer of Business

Section 14a - Nonprofit Organizations and Governmental Employers

Section 14b - Liability for Payments; Credits; Adjustments

Section 14c - Contributions by Governmental Employers; Rated Governmental Employers

Section 14e - Economic Development Fund

Section 14f - Unemployment Trust Fund; Report Concerning Fund Average and Actual Balance

Section 14j.5 - Excise Paid on Employee Wages

Section 14k - Federal Loan Interest Fund

Section 14l - Work Force Training Contribution Paid by Employers

Section 14m - Benefits Paid to Employees of Indian Tribes

Section 14n - Assignment of Contribution Rates and Transfer of Accounts

Section 14o - Fraud Penalty Fund

Section 14p - Registration of Employers; Reporting of Employee Information

Section 14q - Collection of Unemployment Compensation Debt by Offset of Federal Tax Refund Payments Through Treasury Offset Program

Section 15 - Failure of Employer to Pay Required Amounts When Due; Recovery of Erroneous Payments; Assessments; Enforcement; Collection Pursuant to Treasury Offset Program

Section 15a - Collection of Payments; Levy Upon Depositary Accounts; Liability of Depositaries

Section 15b - Holder of Licenses to Sell Alcoholic Beverages; Failure to Pay Amount Owed; Suspension of License

Section 16 - Liens of Judgments and Overdue Contributions; Recording and Filing of Notice; Actions to Enforce Liens

Section 17 - Priority of Claims

Section 18 - Adjustment, Credit or Refund of Overpayments; Adjustment or Additional Payment for Insufficient Contributions; Interest

Section 19 - Final Payment to Foreign Corporations or Non-Residents; Certificate

Section 19a - Application for or Renewal of License to Conduct Profession or Business; Certification of Compliance With Contribution Laws; Renewal or Extension of Certain Contracts; False Certifications

Section 20 - Compromise With Employers; Statement of Commissioner Filed

Section 20a - Settlement for Amount Less Than Owed; Conditions; Agreements Subject to Attorney General Review; Reopening of Case

Section 21 - Deductions From Income Returnable for Taxation

Section 22 - Payment of Benefits in General

Section 23 - Payment of Benefits; Waiting Period

Section 24 - Eligibility for Benefits

Section 24a - Seasonal Employment

Section 25 - Disqualification for Benefits

Section 26 - Unemployment Benefits Received or Sought Under Laws of Another State or United States

Section 28 - Wages Not Included in Determination of Eligibility for Benefits

Section 28a - Employees of Commonwealth, Political Subdivisions, or Religious, Charitable, Educational, or Other Tax Exempt Organizations

Section 28b - Repayment of Unemployment Benefits Overpaid to Certain Officers, Partners, Owners or Other Interest Holders of Employing Unit

Section 29 - Weekly Benefit Rates; Partial Unemployment; Dependency Benefits for Children; Retirement Benefit Recipients

Section 29b - Child Support Obligations; Disclosure; Deductions

Section 29d - Worksharing Program; Application and Approval of Worksharing Plan; Benefits

Section 29e - Notification to Claimants; Tax Liability and Withholding

Section 29f - Uncollected Overissuance of Food Stamp Coupons; Disclosure; Deductions

Section 30 - Total Benefits for Year; Industrial or Vocational Retraining; Solvency Account Charge; Trade Readjustment Allowance; Employer's Lockout

Section 30a - Extended Benefits Program

Section 30b - Payment of Additional Benefits Upon Termination of Eligibility for Benefits Pursuant to Federal Supplemental Compensation Act

Section 31 - Benefits in a Subsequent Benefit Year

Section 35 - Waiver of Rights; Agreement to Pay Contributions or Payments in Lieu of Contributions; Deduction From Wages; Enforcement

Section 36 - Assigning, Encumbering or Releasing Benefits; Exemption From Claims of Creditors; Exception

Section 37 - Fees and Representation in Proceedings Under This Chapter; Solicitation of Business of Representing Claimant

Section 38 - Claims, Reports, Notices and Returns, in General; Notice of Claimant's Failure to Report for Work

Section 38a - Payment of Benefits Resulting From Failure of Employing Unit to Timely or Adequately Respond to Department Request for Information

Section 39 - Determination of Claim and Benefits; Procedures; Payment of Claims or Denials; Default in Payment of Contributions

Section 40 - Application for Review

Section 41 - Review by Board; Procedures; Findings of Fact; Decision; Judicial Review

Section 42 - Judicial Review; Procedures; Appeals; Rules

Section 42a - Commissioner Represented by Attorney General or Designated Attorney

Section 42b - Modification or Reversal of Decision; Recovery of Payments

Section 43 - Administering Oaths; Depositions; Certifications; Witnesses; Production of Evidence; Contempt; Self-Incrimination

Section 44 - Accounts for Employers; Records for Employees; Disposition of Papers; Summaries; Reproductions

Section 45 - Records and Reports of Employing Units; Verification

Section 46 - Confidential Information; Admissibility as Evidence; Exceptions to Disclosure Restrictions

Section 47 - False Statements or Misrepresentations; Punishment; Evidence; Restitution

Section 47a - Utterance or Delivery of Insufficient Funds Check With Intent to Defraud; Punishment

Section 48 - Unemployment Compensation Fund; Establishment; Composition; Benefits Payable From Pooled Money

Section 49 - Vested Rights

Section 50 - Treasurer of Unemployment Compensation Fund; Clearing Account; Fund Account; Deposit With United States Secretary of the Treasury

Section 51 - Requisition From Trust Fund; Transfer to Commissioner

Section 52 - Benefit Account

Section 53 - Unclaimed Balance in Benefit Account

Section 53a - Unemployment Trust Fund; Money Credited to Commonwealth's Account; Use; Records

Section 54 - Depositaries; Insurance Charge; Commingling Funds

Section 55 - Bond of Commissioner; Premiums Paid From Administrative Account

Section 56 - Trust Fund; Administration Upon Cessation of Unemployment Compensation Fund or Federal Separate Book Account; Investments

Section 57 - Requisitions From State Trust Fund; Investment Board; Deposits; Investments; Assistance

Section 58 - Employment Security Administration Account; Monies Received; Disposition

Section 58a - Contingent Fund; Establishment; Composition; Expenditures; Transfer

Section 59 - Liability on State Treasurer's Bond

Section 60 - Federal Moneys Allotted to Commonwealth Paid Into Accounts

Section 61 - Special Employment Service Accounts; Agreements Relative to Employment Offices; Acceptance of Moneys, Services or Quarters

Section 62 - State Advisory Council; Duties, Powers and Reports

Section 62a - In-Person, Telephone and Walk-in Assistance by the Division for Individuals Applying for Unemployment Compensation; Orientation; Notice; Initiation of Claim

Section 63 - Publication and Free Distribution of Statutes, Reports, Regulations and Relevant Material

Section 64 - Reports and Information for Federal, Commonwealth and Political Subdivision Agencies; Confidential Information; Federal Regulations Governing Expenditures

Section 64a - List of Employers Qualified for Exemption Under Sec. 5i of Chapter 59; Confidentiality

Section 65 - Records Available to Federal Railroad Retirement Board; Cooperation With Federal Agencies; Agreements Relative to Employment Offices; Acceptance of Moneys, Services or Quarters

Section 66 - Reciprocal Arrangements With Other States and Federal Government; Reimbursements; Investigations; Exchange of Information, Services and Facilities; Benefits Based on Combined Coverages

Section 66a - Arrangements for Utilizing Facilities and Services of Commonwealth and Foreign Countries

Section 67 - Estimate of Liability of Employer Failing to Make Report or Return; Collection

Section 68 - Payment of Benefits Due a Deceased or Mentally Incapacitated Person

Section 69 - Recovery or Deduction of Erroneous Payments; Cancellation; Liability of Disbursing Officer; Penalty for Misrepresentation of Material Fact or Failure to Disclose Material Fact

Section 69a - Charging Off Uncollectible Amounts

Section 69b - Set-Off Against Refunds; Notice; Review

Section 69c - Reduction of Back Pay Award Due to Receipt of Unemployment Benefits; Notice to Commissioner; Reimbursement of Unemployment Compensation Fund

Section 69d - Final Decision

Section 70 - Extent of Application of Rulings

Section 71 - Reconsideration of Determinations; Limitations; Notice; Appeals

Section 71a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 71b to 71g

Section 71b - Closing of Facility; Report; Certification; Notice; Hearing; Appeal

Section 71c - Partial Closing of Facility; Identification; Regulations; Eligibility for Reemployment Assistance Benefits

Section 71d - Reemployment Assistance Program

Section 71e - Reemployment Assistance Fund; Health Insurance Benefits Fund

Section 71f - Eligibility for Reemployment Assistance Benefits

Section 71g - Eligibility for Health Insurance Benefits

Section 71h - Plant Closing Employers; Bills for Reemployment Assistance Benefits

Section 72 - Jurisdiction of Action to Enforce Statute; Entry Fee in Actions and Proceedings

Section 73 - Severability

Section 74 - Title of Statute; Construction; Purpose