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MA Gen L ch 149 § 181 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 181 - Retirement or Health and Welfare Funds; Failure of Employer to Make Payments

Section 181. It shall be unlawful for any employer who has entered into a collective bargaining agreement with a labor organization or association of employees providing for payments to a health or welfare fund or pension fund or other such plan for the benefit of employees to fail to make the payments required by the terms of any such agreement. Any employer who willfully fails to make such payments within sixty days after they become due and payable, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense. The term health or welfare fund or pension fund or other such plan for the benefit of employees includes any plan, trust or fund established by an employer organization, or by an employer and a labor organization or by an employer and an employee organization, the funds for which are derived in whole or in part from contributions by employers, and which exists for the purpose of paying or providing for employees or their families or dependents medical or hospital care, recreation facilities, pensions, annuities, benefits on retirement or death or unemployment of beneficiaries, severance pay, compensation for injuries or illness, insurance to provide any of the foregoing vacation or holiday benefits, apprenticeship training, or life insurance, disability or sickness or accident insurance.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 182 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 182 - Standards of Corporate Behavior; Companies Financed With Assistance of Quasi-Public Agencies

Section 182. Any person utilizing financing issued, insured, or subsidized by a quasi-public agency of the commonwealth shall agree to accept the following voluntary standards of corporate behavior, without limiting the independent powers and findings required to be made by any such quasi-public agency:  In the event of a plant closing or partial closing as defined in section seventy-one A of chapter one hundred and fifty-one A, the company agrees to make a good-faith effort to provide every employee affected with the maximum practicable combination of the following: the longest practicable advance notice in cases where notice is possible and appropriate; and maintenance of income and health insurance benefits.  The company shall also, if possible, help to reemploy affected employees.  While no minimum standard is prescribed for these company responses, the commonwealth expects firms to provide at least ninety days notice or equivalent benefits whenever possible.  The precise form of said agreement shall be determined by the respective quasi-public agency.  For the purposes of this section, ''quasi-public agency'' shall mean, the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency, established by section three of chapter four hundred and ninety-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, the Community Development Finance Corporation, established by section two of chapter eight hundred and sixty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-five, the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation, established by section one of chapter four hundred and ninety-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, the Government Land Bank, established by chapter two hundred and twelve of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-five, and the Massachusetts Product Development Corporation, established by chapter forty K.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 186 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 186 - Broadcasting Industry; Noncompete Agreements

Section 186. Any contract or agreement which creates or establishes the terms of employment for an employee or individual in the broadcasting industry, including, television stations, television networks, radio stations, radio networks, or any entities affiliated with the foregoing, and which restricts the right of such employee or individual to obtain employment in a specified geographic area for a specified period of time after termination of employment of the employee by the employer or by termination of the employment relationship by mutual agreement of the employer and the employee or by termination of the employment relationship by the expiration of the contract or agreement, shall be void and unenforceable with respect to such provision. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be liable for reasonable attorneys' fees and costs associated with litigation of an affected employee or individual.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 191 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 191 - Conduct Constituting Unlawful Discriminatory Practice Against Domestic Workers; Enforcement

Section 191. (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to: (i) engage in unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature to a domestic worker if submission to the conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of the domestic worker's employment, if submission to or rejection of the conduct by a domestic worker is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting the domestic worker or if the conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with a domestic worker's work performance by creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment; (ii) subject a domestic worker to unwelcome harassment based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, age, religion, national origin or disability if the harassment has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with a domestic worker's work performance by creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment; or (iii) refuse job-protected leave for the birth or adoption of a child by the domestic worker or a spouse under section 105D.  (b) For the purposes of clause (i) of subsection (a), ''domestic worker'' shall include personal care attendants as defined in section 190.  (c) This section shall be enforced by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination pursuant to chapter 151B.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 193 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 193 - Effect of Professional Employer Agreements on Collective Bargaining or Rights of Employees Under Any Applicable State or Federal Law

Section 193. (a) Nothing contained in sections 192 to 203, inclusive, or in any professional employer agreement shall affect, modify or amend any collective bargaining agreement or the rights or obligations of any client, PEO or covered employee under chapter 150A, chapter 150E, the federal National Labor Relations Act, the federal Railway Labor Act or any other applicable federal or state law.  (b) Collective bargaining, if commenced after an agreement is entered into between a PEO and a client, shall be conducted as required by federal and state law.  (c) Nothing in sections 192 to 203, inclusive, or in any professional employer agreement shall: (i) diminish, abolish or remove rights of covered employees to a client or obligations of such client to a covered employee existing prior to the effective date of the professional employer agreement under federal or state law; (ii) affect, modify or amend any contractual relationship or restrictive covenant between a covered employee and any client in effect at the time a professional employer agreement becomes effective or prohibit or amend any contractual relationship or restrictive covenant that is entered into subsequently between a client and a covered employee; provided, however, that a PEO shall have no responsibility or liability in connection with, or arising out of, any such existing or new contractual relationship or restrictive covenant unless the PEO has specifically agreed otherwise in writing; or (iii) affect, modify or amend any employee rights under federal, state, local or municipal law.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 194 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 194 - Licensing, Registration or Certification Requirements Under Professional Employer Agreements

Section 194. (a) Nothing in sections 192 to 203, inclusive, or any professional employer agreement shall affect, modify or amend any federal, state or local licensing, registration or certification requirement applicable to any client or covered employee.  (b) A covered employee who is required to be licensed, registered or certified according to law or regulation shall be deemed solely an employee of the client for purposes of any such license, registration or certification requirement.  (c) A PEO shall not be engaged in any occupation, trade, profession or other activity that is subject to licensing, registration or certification requirements or is otherwise regulated by a government agency solely by entering into and maintaining a PEO relationship with a covered employee who is subject to such requirements or regulation.  (d) A client shall have the sole right of direction and control of the professional or licensed activities of covered employees and of the client's business. Covered employees and clients shall remain subject to regulation by the regulatory or governmental entity responsible for licensing, registration or certification of such covered employees or clients.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 195 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 195 - Tax Credits and Other Economic Incentives; Covered Employees Deemed as Client's Employees Under Professional Employer Agreements; Status as Small, Minority-Owned, Disadvantaged, Woman-Owned Business or Other Underutilized Class of Enterprise

Section 195. (a) For purposes of the determination of tax credits and other economic incentives provided by the commonwealth or other government entity and based on employment, covered employees shall be deemed solely the client's employees. A client shall be entitled to the benefit of any tax credit, economic incentive or other benefit arising as the result of the employment of covered employees of such client. Notwithstanding that the PEO is the reporting employer for the purposes of the federal Internal Revenue Service form W–2, the client shall continue to qualify for the benefit, incentive or credit. If the grant or amount of any benefit, incentive or credit is based on number of employees, then each client shall be treated as employing only those covered employees involved in a PEO relationship by such client. Covered employees working for other clients of the PEO shall not be counted. Each PEO shall provide, upon request by a client or by agency employment information reasonably required for administration of any tax credit or economic incentive and necessary to support any request, claim, application or other action by a client seeking any tax credit or economic incentive.  (b) With respect to a bid, contract, purchase order or agreement entered into with the commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof, a client company's status or certification under federal or state law as a small, minority-owned, disadvantaged, woman-owned business or other underutilized class of enterprise shall not be affected because the client company has entered into a PEO relationship.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 198 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 198 - Professional Employer Agreements; Taxes, Assessments or Mandated Expenditures on per Capita or per Employee Basis, or Upon Total Payroll Basis

Section 198. (a) A tax assessed or an assessment or a mandated expenditure on a per capita or per employee basis shall be assessed against the client for covered employees and against the PEO for its employees who are not covered employees involved in a PEO relationship with a client. Benefits or monetary consideration that meet the requirements of mandates imposed on a client and that are received by covered employees through the PEO through payroll or through benefit plans sponsored by the PEO shall be credited against the client's obligation to fulfill such mandates.  (b) If there is a tax or an assessment imposed or calculated upon the basis of total payroll, the PEO shall be eligible to apply any small business allowance or exemption available to the client for the covered employees for purpose of computing the tax.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 199 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 199 - Workers' Compensation for Covered Employees Under Professional Employer Agreements

Section 199. (a) Workers' compensation shall be provided to covered employees at each client company either by the PEO or by the client company of the covered employee pursuant to chapter 152 and regulations promulgated pursuant to said chapter 152.  (b) PEOs and clients shall comply with employer notice requirements pursuant to sections 21 and 22 of said chapter 152.  (c) To the extent the PEO has assumed responsibility in the professional employer agreement, the PEO shall maintain responsibility for the management of workers' compensation claims.  (d) The professional employer agreement shall specify the allocation of responsibilities between the PEO and the client for workplace safety, risk and hazard control including the responsibility for disclosing information about workplace injuries and illness required by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and for performing workplace safety inspections of all premises where covered employees are employed.  (e) Where the PEO has workers' compensation coverage and has executed an alternate employer endorsement naming the client as an additional insured, both the client and the PEO shall be considered the employer for purpose of coverage under said chapter 152.  (f) Where the client has workers' compensation coverage and has executed an alternate employer endorsement naming the PEO as an additional insured, both the client and the PEO shall be considered the employer for the purpose of coverage under said chapter 152.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 200 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 200 - Unemployment Insurance for Employees Covered by Professional Employer Agreement

Section 200. (a) For purposes of chapter 151A, covered employees of a PEO shall be considered the employees of the client and the PEO shall be responsible for the payment of contributions, penalties and interest on wages paid by the PEO to its covered employees during the term of the applicable professional employer agreement.  (b) The PEO shall report and pay all required contributions to the unemployment compensation fund using the state employer account number and the experience rate of the client company pursuant to said chapter 151A and the regulations promulgated pursuant to said chapter 151A.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 201 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 201 - Employee Count Under Professional Employer Agreements

Section 201. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, for the purposes of federal, state or local laws relating to employee count, including, but not limited to, paid and unpaid leave, health and transportation benefits and protection under fair employment laws, the employee count shall include all of the client company's employees, including the client's employees who are covered employees under the PEO relationship between the client and the PEO.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 202 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 202 - Prohibited Acts Relating to Professional Employer Services; Disciplinary Actions; Complaints; Hearing; Sanctions

Section 202. (a) A person shall not knowingly and intentionally: (i) offer or provide professional employer services or use the names PEO, professional employer organization, staff leasing, employee leasing, administrative employer or other title representing professional employer services without registering with the department pursuant to section 196; (ii) provide false or fraudulent information to the department in conjunction with any registration, renewal or in any report required pursuant to sections 192 to 203, inclusive; (iii) enter into a PEO relationship and split a client workforce for the sole purpose of avoiding compliance with federal, state or municipal laws; or (iv) make a material misrepresentation to the department, to other governmental agencies or to covered employees.  (b) Disciplinary action may be taken by the department for violation of sections 192 to 203, inclusive, including for: (i) the conviction of a PEO or a controlling person of a PEO of a crime that relates to the operation of a PEO or the ability of the licensee or a controlling person of a licensee to operate a PEO; (ii) knowingly making a material misrepresentation to the department or other governmental agency; or (iii) a willful violation of sections 192 to 203, inclusive, or any related order or regulation.  (c) Any individual may file a complaint with the department against a PEO, PEO group, controlling person of a PEO, person offering professional employer services or a client. The complaint shall be filed in writing, with the department, in a form prescribed by the director.  (1) Upon receipt of a complaint, the department shall proceed to review and investigate the complaint to determine if further action is warranted.  (2) If the director, after investigation, has cause to believe that there has been a violation of this chapter, the director may refer the complaint to the office of the attorney general.  (d) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that a PEO, PEO group, controlling person of a PEO, person offering professional employer services or client has violated 1 or more provisions of this chapter, including the failure to furnish records and requested information to the department and its inspectors, or has hindered or interfered with any authorized inspector while in the performance of the inspector's duties, subject to any appeal, the director may: (i) deny an application for a license; (ii) revoke, suspend, restrict or refuse to renew a license; (iii) impose an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for each material violation; (iv) place the licensee on probation for the period and subject to conditions that the department specifies; or (v) issue a cease and desist order.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 203 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 203 - Failure of Professional Employer Organization to Pay Wages in Accordance With Chapters 148 and 151

Section 203. Wages shall be paid in accordance with section 148 of this chapter and any minimum wage and overtime requirements as provided for in chapter 151. A PEO who fails to pay wages, to the extent the PEO has assumed responsibility in the professional employer agreement or subsequent written agreement and as required under this chapter, shall be subject to penalties under this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 149a § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149a - Public Construction Alternative Delivery Methods|Section 1 - Construction Management at Risk Delivery Method; Notice

Section 1. For each contract for the construction, reconstruction, installation, demolition, maintenance or repair of any building estimated to cost not less than $5,000,000, a public agency, as defined pursuant to section 44A of chapter 149, may elect to use the construction management at risk delivery method, pursuant to sections 1 to 13, inclusive. Prior to using the construction management at risk delivery method, the public agency shall obtain a notice to proceed from inspector general pursuant to section 4 of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 149a § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149a - Public Construction Alternative Delivery Methods|Section 3 - Owner's Project Manager; Designer

Section 3. (a) Before procuring the services of a designer pursuant to subsection (b) and prior to submitting an application to use the construction management at risk delivery method pursuant to section 4, the public agency shall procure or otherwise employ the services of an owner's project manager pursuant to section 44A.5 of chapter 149. The owner's project manager may assist the public agency in the procurement of the designer.  (b) Before submitting an application to use the construction management at risk delivery method pursuant to section 4, the public agency shall procure the services of a designer for the building project. In procuring the services of a designer, the public agency shall do so in a manner consistent with sections 38A.5 to 39O, inclusive, of chapter 7. The designer procured by the public agency shall be independent of the owner's project manager and the construction management at risk firm.
MA Gen L ch 149a § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149a - Public Construction Alternative Delivery Methods|Section 10 - Applicability of Other Laws

Section 10. Sections 26, 27, 27A, 27B, 27C, 27D, 29, 29C, and 34A of chapter 149, and sections 39F, 39J, 39K, 39N, 39O, 39P and 39R of chapter 30 shall apply to all building projects using the construction management at risk delivery method as provided in this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 149a § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149a - Public Construction Alternative Delivery Methods|Section 11 - Definition of Terms From Other Laws

Section 11. For purposes of sections 1 to 10, inclusive of this chapter, the following terms as they may appear in other statutory provisions referred to in this chapter shall have the following meanings:  ''Awarding authority'', ''contracting authority'', ''contracting body'', or ''public body'', a public agency.  ''General contractor'', ''contractor'', or ''contractor principal'', a construction management at risk firm.  ''Subcontractor'', a subcontractor and trade contractor except that the term ''subcontractor'' in subsection (3) of section 39F of chapter 30 shall mean a trade contractor pursuant to subsection (a) and a subcontractor pursuant to subsection (j) of section 8.