Legal Question in Employment Law in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts. you can receive unemployment benefits if you are fired when it is not your fault. But the employer can fire you for breaking a rule or policy and therefore, you won't receive unemployment in that case. if there is an argument between the employee and the boss, does that constitute breaking a rule? Let's say the employee pushed an issue, and the employer repeatedly states that they are not willing to talk about this now....... by saying I don't want to talk about this now, does that constitute a rule that is established by the employer and therefore a rule that was broken by the employee?
1 Answer from Attorneys
It is not that simple. The DUA has to determine if you knowing violated the rule and if there were circumstances that might mitigate in your favor. There has to be an established rule that would require you to discuss that matter at that time with the employer.
Generally the DUA wants to give employees unemployment benefits,
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