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Unemployment Insurance - Exempt Classes of Employment - Massachusetts

Most workers in public, private, and non-profit employment are covered by UI. Several types of work, however, are not covered. Exempt classes of employment include the following:

· Services performed for churches and certain religious organizations

· Work by a child under 18 for the child's mother or father; or by an individual for his or her daughter, son or spouse

· Student work-training experience administered by a non-profit or public educational institution

· Student financial-assistance employment by a school, college or university where he or she attends classes, or similar employment for the student's spouse - as long as he or she is notified at the time of hire that unemployment insurance is not provided

· Real estate brokers or salespeople licensed by the state and paid solely by commission

· Insurance agents or solicitors paid solely by commission (except industrial life insurance agents)

· Sole proprietors and members of partnerships

· Services performed by an individual who is free from direction and control or working in an independently established business or trade

· Certain employees of state and local governments, such as elected officials, people in certain policy making and advisory positions, members of a legislative body or of the judiciary, emergency employees hired during a disaster, inmates in custodial or penal institutions; and members of the Massachusetts National Guard or Air National Guard.

The Division of Employment and Training (DET) will review liability for contributions for specific employees or classes of employees in order to avoid audit-related penalties and interest. Information is available through the Status Department at (617) 626-5075.

Also see:

Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility - Massachusetts

Unemployment Insurance (UI) - Overview - Massachusetts

Source

Information for this topic was drawn from the DETMA publication Simplifying the Employment and Training Law: A Guide for Employers. It is available in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) from the Division of Career Services/Division of Unemployment Assistance (formerly Department of Education and Training) website at:
http://www.detma.org/pdf/smpbook2.pdf

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