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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, § 22 (2026)

Payment of benefits in general

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Section 22. Benefits shall be payable from the Unemployment Compensation Fund to any individual eligible for benefits under this chapter. Such benefits shall be paid, through the employment offices operated by the commonwealth or such other agencies of the division of unemployment assistance as the Federal Social Security Board or its successor may approve, at such times and in such manner as the commissioner shall prescribe.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1966–2024 · leading case: Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives, 333 N.E.2d 388 (Mass. 1975).
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Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives, 333 N.E.2d 388 (Mass. 1975). “G. L. c. 151A, §§ 22, 24, 74. See General Elec.”
City of Springfield v. Dir. of the Div. of Emp. Sec., 500 N.E.2d 1328 (Mass. 1986). “G. L. c. 151A, § 22. However, it is not disputed that the ultimate payors of such benefits are the employers, who are either taxed for contributions pursuant to c.”
Shriver Nursing Servs., Inc. v. Comm'r of the Div. of Unemployment Assistance, 974 N.E.2d 61 (Mass. App. Ct. 2012). “G. L. c. 151A, §§ 22, 23, 24. Shriver opposed the application.”
Faria v. Dir. of the Div. of Emp. Sec., 215 N.E.2d 90 (Mass. 1966). “application of the petitioner, Faria, for unemployment benefits under G. L. c. 151A, §§ 22, 23 and 24. The director of the division denied the claim, a review examiner (G.”
Wedgewood v. Dir. of the Div., Emp. Sec., 514 N.E.2d 680 (Mass. App. Ct. 1987). “*31 Wedgewood filed a claim for unemployment compensation benefits under G.L.c. 151A, § 22, which was denied first, after a hearing, by the Division of Employment Security review examiner and then by the division's board of review (board).”
Fallon Cmty. Health Plan, Inc. v. Acting Dir. of the Dep't of Unemployment Assistance, 493 Mass. 591 (2024). “4 See G. L. c. 151A, §§ 22, 24. In enacting c. 151A, "the Legislature recognized that job layoffs can occur for countless reasons unrelated to the individual worker's willingness and desire to stay at his job.”
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