An individual, in order to be eligible for benefits under this chapter, shall
Wages paid during the base period which had previously been used to establish a benefit year commencing prior to October third, nineteen hundred and ninety-three, may also be used to establish a benefit year commencing on or after October third, nineteen hundred and ninety-three but prior to October second, nineteen hundred and ninety-four. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-eight regarding responding to a commissioner's notice, no account of an employer which pays contributions pursuant to section fourteen or section fourteen C or makes payments in lieu of contributions pursuant to section fourteen A shall be charged for any benefits paid based on base period wages used to establish entitlement under this subparagraph but shall be charged to the appropriate solvency account; provided, however, that any benefits paid based on all or any portion of such wages were charged previously to such employer's account or charged to the appropriate solvency account.
An individual who is certified as attending an industrial retraining course or other vocational training course as provided under section thirty shall be deemed to be available for work under clause (b) of the first paragraph of this section.
No individual shall be considered ineligible for benefits because of failure to comply with the provisions of said clause (b) if such failure is due to an illness or disability which occurs during a period of unemployment after he has filed a claim and registered for work, and has been determined to be otherwise eligible; provided, that no work which would have been considered suitable but for such illness or disability was offered to him after he became ill or disabled; provided further, that the exception granted under this paragraph shall apply to three weeks only within a benefit year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, § 24