If you quit your job because of domestic violence, or for other personal reasons that are urgent and compelling and made it necessary to quit, you will remain eligible for benefits. If you were fired because you lacked the skills to perform the job or simply weren't a good fit, you won't necessarily be barred from receiving benefits.
If you were fired for deliberate misconduct relating to the job, however, you may be disqualified from receiving benefits. You will also be disqualified if you are convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or if you knowingly violate a reasonable and consistently enforced workplace rule, except where your violation of the rule is merely a result of incompetence. Like every state, Massachusetts looks at your recent work history and earnings during a one-year "base period" to determine your eligibility for unemployment.
In Massachusetts, as in most states, the base period is the earliest four of the five complete calendar quarters before you filed your benefits claim. For example, if you file your claim in April of , the base period would be from January 1, , through December 31, To keep collecting unemployment benefits, you must be able to work, available to work, and looking for employment. If you're offered a suitable position, you must accept it.
Whether a position is suitable depends on how similar the job is to your previous employment, how much you will be paid, the working conditions, and the skills, experience, and training required for the position. The longer you remain unemployed, the more likely you will have to take work that is outside your field, pays less than your previous position, or requires a longer commute. You must conduct an active search for work, engaging in at least three work search activities on three separate days of each week.
You must keep detailed records of your work search activities, which you may have to provide to the DUA. If you are eligible to receive unemployment, your weekly benefit in Massachusetts will be half of your average weekly wage during the two highest paid quarters of the base period or the highest paid quarter only, if you worked during only two quarters of the base period.
You generally may receive benefits for a maximum of 26 weeks, although extended benefits might be available during periods of high unemployment. You may file your claim for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts by phone or online. You can find contact information and online filing information at the website of the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance.
Once the DUA receives your application, it will send you a packet of documents, including a Benefit Determination Notice that provides your potential weekly benefit amount. If your unemployment claim is denied , you have ten days to file appeal the decision to the Department of Unemployment Assistance. The Hearings Department will assign your case to a Review Examiner, who will hold a hearing and issue a decision.
At the hearing, which may be held in person or by phone, you may testify, present witnesses, and offer other evidence. Your benefits 26 weeks of UI,or less. At the end of your benefit year, the 52 weeks after you first applied for UI, you must reapply for regular UI.
DUA will recalculate your weekly benefit amount, which may change. Your benefits 24 extra weeks of UI. During the year before you applied for regular UI, your base period, you worked at least 20 weeks. Feedback Was the page helpful? Easy to understand? Complete with enough details? Please tell us why you did not find this helpful.
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