The requirement applies to those receiving Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation and those on extended benefits. Massachusetts suspended work-search requirements in March 2020, following ...

Massachusetts is set to fully reopen on May 29, and Gov. Charlie Baker said he will lift the state of emergency on June 15. After that date, claimant's won't be able to cite COVID-related reasons ...

Claimants of the unemployment insurance “will need to keep a detailed written log of their work search activities” and will now have to document at least three attempts to get a job each week.

The requirement applies to those receiving Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation, as well as people on extended benefits. The work search requirements have been suspended since the ...

A growing number of new job seekers has pushed unemployment in the state to the highest level in four years even as layoffs remain modest. The jobless rate — which stood at 3.5 percent in July ...