Bill > S2172

This bill proposes to amend Section 30 of Chapter 151A, which deals with unemployment compensation, to provide extended benefits for employees who have been "locked out" of their usual place of employment by their employer. A lockout is a situation where an employer prevents employees from working, often during a labor dispute. Under this bill, an individual who is locked out could receive unemployment benefits for the duration of the lockout, up to a maximum of 26 weeks of their individual benefit rate. However, these extended benefits would only be available if the individual has already used up all their regular and any previously extended unemployment benefits and has no other rights to unemployment compensation under state or federal law.