Unemployment Insurance

09/15/2011 GBLS, MLRI

This power point presents an overview of Unemployment Insurance.  Prepared for the September 2011 Basic Benefits training series.  Also attached is a chart listing the exhibits to the p Read More

09/15/2011 MLRI, GBLS, MCLE

Materials from the September 15, 2011 unemployment insurance training, presented as part of the MLRI/MCLE Basic Benefits Training series.  Powerpoint of the training presentation (with exhibit Read More

06/17/2011 MLRI and WMLS

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) may be available for those in a federal disaster area whose employment has been lost or interrupted due to the disaster.  In particular, people who are Read More

11/15/2006

This memo clarifies that application or receipt of UI benefits does not mean per se ineligibility for SSDI benefits. Read More

09/13/2011 MLRI, et al

From the Introduction to the Guide: "This Guide is intended to simplify and answer questions about applications, eligibility, benefits and appeals in the unemployment insurance (UI) process, which in Read More

01/01/2009 DUA

DUA Instructions for applying for Attorney Fees, referenced in Q. 66 of 2009-2010 UI Advocacy Guide. Read More

10/01/2010 Monica Halas/Margaret Monsell

Sample public records request for client file from DUA, referenced in Q. 59 of the UI Advocacy Guide Read More

07/01/2011 Monica Halas, GBLS, Rick McIntosh, SCCLS, and Margaret Monsell, MLRI

Frequently asked questions and answers (in English and Spanish) about Unemployment Insurance in Massachusetts.  Updated July, 2011. Read More

03/08/2010 Paul Connolly

DUA Memorandum from March, 2010, providing a procedure to ensure that benefit payments are not interrupted pending a redetermination of eligibility in cases where new issues are created based on the r Read More

03/08/2010 Paul Connolly, DUA

We had noticed that SSI/ SSDI applicants/recipients were being terminated from Unemployment Insurance on the (legally erroneous) presumption that the individual was incapable of working without a Read More