http://wamc.org en http://wamc.org/post/mass-gov-files-bill-overhaul-municipal-unemployment-insurance <p>BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick has filed a bill aimed at overhauling municipal unemployment insurance.</p><p></p><p>The legislation filed Wednesday would limit access to unemployment for a worker who retires and begins collecting a pension, then later returns to work for a municipality. Other provisions include preventing municipalities from being charged for wages earned by election workers who make less than $1,000 a year.</p><p>The legislation grew out of a task force Patrick convened last year to review unemployment insurance issues raised by municipalities.</p> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:07:09 +0000 Associated Press 55406 at http://wamc.org Mass. Gov. Files Bill to Overhaul Municipal Unemployment Insurance