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Unemployment Insurance Extended Benefits

Congress has passed an expansion of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program. This extension originally provided up to 13 additional weeks of unemployment benefits, effective from July 7, 2008 through March 28, 2009 in Massachusetts. Effective on November 23, 2008, this federal extension was expanded to provide up to 7 additional weeks of unemployment benefits.

Change in Federal Combined-Wage Claim Law

Effective January 11, 2009, in order to file a Combined-Wage Claim with Massachusetts as the ‘Paying State’, you must have worked and earned wages in Massachusetts and another state during the four completed calendar quarters prior to filing.  Learn more about the amended regulation.

Working Together: Massachusetts' Regional Workforce Strategies Initiative

The Massachusetts Regional Workforce Strategy Initiative is a statewide effort to build regional pipelines to prepare Massachusetts workers for high demand jobs. 
>> Regional Workforce Summits and Briefings Schedule.