MA unemployment insurance call center will extend its hours Dec. 21 through Jan. 22

BOSTON — The state's unemployment insurance call center will extend its hours Dec. 21 through Jan. 22 because of a seasonal surge in calls, the state reported. 

The TeleClaim center phone lines will be open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. On Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, the call center will close at 4:30 p.m. Saturday hours will remain from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., except on Dec. 26, when the center will be closed. The state said the center will be closed on the Martin Luther King Day holiday on Jan. 18.

From Central Massachusetts, the call center can be reached at (877) 626-6800.