APRIL 12, 2021.....With some Massachusetts businesses facing sudden and sharp unemployment tax increases just weeks after implementation of a new law aimed at limiting their costs, a top lawmaker wants Gov. Charlie Baker to intervene with a legislative fix.

Sen. Patricia Jehlen, co-chair of the Legislature's Labor and Workforce Development Committee, said Monday that she was surprised -- as were many small businesses and industry groups -- to hear reports about employers who now face greater-than-anticipated unemployment contributions because of an unexpected jump in the solvency fund assessment.