Summary of Law(s) and Regulation(s):
Benefits may be denied if an individual was fired for deliberate misconduct in wilful disregard of the employing unit’s interest, or to a knowing violation of a reasonable and uniformly enforced rule or policy of the employer, provided that such violation is not shown to be as a result of the employee’s incompetence. G.L.M. Chapter 151A§25(e)(2) (2005) http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/151a-25.htm