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MA Gen L ch 140 § 46e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 46e - Assignment or Transfer of License; Locations; Number of Licenses

Section 46E. A license issued under section forty-six D shall not be assigned or transferred without the prior written approval of the commissioner. Application for such approval shall be made in the same manner as an application for a license, as provided in sections forty-six C and forty-six D. The location of an employment agency shall not be changed without the prior written consent of the commissioner and such change of location shall be endorsed upon the license. More than one such license may be issued to the same person. If an applicant desires to establish or keep and employment agency at more than one location, he must apply for a license for each location at which he intends to conduct said employment agency, as provided in section forty-six C.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 46f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 46f - Fees; Bond

Section 46F. Each person licensed under section forty-six D to carry on the business of an employment agency shall before such license issues pay to the commissioner a license fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the filing thereof. Each licensee shall, before his license is issued or renewed, deposit with the commissioner a bond in a penal sum of three thousand dollars with two or more sureties or a duly authorized surety company, to be approved by the commissioner. The bond shall be payable to the people of the commonwealth and shall be on condition that the licensee will comply with the provisions of sections forty-six B to forty-six R, inclusive, and shall pay all damages occasioned to any person by reason of any misstatement, misrepresentation, fraud or deceit, or any unlawful act or omission of said licensee, his agents or employees, while acting within the scope of their employment, and made, committed or omitted in the business conducted under such license.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 46g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 46g - Claims or Suits Against Licensee

Section 46G. All claims or suits brought in any court against a licensee may be brought in the name of the person damaged upon the bond deposited by the licensee. If such licensee has departed from the commonwealth with the intent to defraud his creditors or to avoid the service of summons in any action brought under this section, or if the presence within the commonwealth of such licensee cannot be discovered by the exercise of reasonable diligence, service shall be made upon the surety and by mailing one copy of the summons to the last known post office address or residence of the licensee within or without the commonwealth and a copy of the summons to the place where he conducted such employment agency as shown by the records of the commissioner.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 46h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 46h - Register; Contents; Record of Receipts and Income; Charges; Monthly Reports to Commissioner

Section 46H. Each licensee shall keep a register or other record-keeping device approved by the commissioner, in which shall be entered under the penalties of perjury the date of each application for employment and the name and address of each applicant, a file designation for each such applicant, and the name and address of a former employer of the applicant, or of a person to whom such applicant is known. The licensee shall also enter in the same register or shall enter under the penalties of perjury in a separate register, approved by the commissioner, the name and address of every employer from whom a fee is received or charged, the date of such employer's request or assent that applicants be furnished, the kind of position for which applicants are requested, the names of the applicants sent, the total amount of the fee received or charged, and the rate of salary or wages agreed upon. Each licensee shall keep complete and accurate written records of all receipts and income received or derived directly from the operation of his employment agency. Each licensee or his duly authorized agent or employee shall communicate with at least one of the persons given as reference by an applicant for domestic or household work and the result of such communication shall be kept on file in such agency for a period of at least three years. Every register shall be retained on the premises of the agency concerned for three years following the date of the last entry therein. Each employment agency shall also enter into its register the last home address; the name and address of the emigrant agent, if any, through whom such applicant was obtained; the name and address of all persons to whom the employment agency has made payments in connection with the recruitment of the applicant, and the amounts of such payments; and the total charges made in the employment agency to the applicant. Said charges shall be separately stated by such agency and shall include: (a) charges for transportation, (b) other charges and (c) the agency fee.  Each recruiting domestic employment agency shall furnish the commissioner on the first Wednesday of each month, in writing, the following information with respect to each out-of-state resident engaged as a domestic or household employee and placed by that agency during the preceding month: (a) the name, and out-of-state home address of the applicant and the file designation assigned to the applicant by the agency; (b) the rate of wage to be paid the applicant, and an itemization of all charges which the employment agency has made to the applicant for its services; and (c) the name and address of any emigrant agent, or other person or organization to whom the employment agency has made any payment, or who or which helped recruit the applicant.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 46i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 46i - Information Furnished to Applicant for Employment; Copy of Contract; Receipt for Charges

Section 46I. Each employment agency shall furnish in writing each applicant for employment: (1) information as to the name and address of the person for whom the applicant is to apply for such employment, the kind and character of the employment, the anticipated rate of wages or compensation, the agency fee, whether such employment is permanent or temporary, the name and address of the person authorizing the hiring of such applicant, and the estimated cost of transportation if the services are required outside of the town where such agency is located; and the total fee to be exacted by the employment agency from the applicant, provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit a licensed employment agency from directing an applicant to employment by telephone, but such telephone message shall comply with the disclosure requirements of this paragraph and shall be, within one day, confirmed in writing by the employment agency and sent to the applicant; a carbon copy of such confirmation shall be kept by the employment agency for a period of at least one year; (2) a true copy of every contract executed between it and such applicant, which shall have printed thereon or attached thereto a copy of section forty-six L; and (3) a receipt for every charge made by the employment agency to the applicant and which the applicant has paid.  The original or duplicate original copy of each such contract and a duplicate receipt for any charges by the employment agency to the applicant shall be retained by the employment agency for three years following the date on which the contract is executed or the payment is made, and shall be made available for inspection by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent or inspector, upon his request.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 46m (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 46m - Receipt of Fees or Payments Contrary to Sec. 46l; Return

Section 46M. Any employment agency which collects, receives or retains a fee, deposit or other payment contrary to or in excess of the provisions of section forty-six L, shall return the excess portion thereof within seven days of the receipt of a demand therefor.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 46n (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 46n - Contract Between Prospective Employee and Agency

Section 46N. An employment agency other than one recruiting domestic employees shall contract in writing with the applicant (employee) for services in securing employment for the payment by the applicant of a service fee, in an amount mutually agreed upon between the applicant and such employment agency, and shall file with the commissioner for approval a sample copy of the agreement to be entered into between the applicant and the employment agency. The licensee or his authorized representative shall verbally make clear to the applicant the terms and conditions of the contract, with particular emphasis upon the fee to be paid for services to be rendered. Every applicant shall be given a copy of the contract he has entered into or is to enter into with the employment agency, and such contract shall carry the statement  ''I have thoroughly read my contract with (Name of agency) and accept its terms.'' (Signature of Applicant)  In addition to the above, the following schedule ranging from $55 a week to $200 a week must be reproduced on cards or paper, the size of which should allow for legible reading. Each applicant must be given a copy complete with service charges indicated beside the weekly salary and a copy signed by the applicant must be retained by the employment agency.  The contract fee must be based only upon the original wage or salary at which the applicant was hired.  Where employment is temporary, the employment agency shall be entitled to an amount equivalent to ten per cent of the gross weekly wages paid or fraction thereof, but in no case where employment is temporary shall a fee be charged in excess of the fee for permanent employment.  Permanent employment shall be defined as employment which in itself is good for ten weeks or more. Temporary employment is employment which in itself is good for less than ten weeks.  When a contract entered into between the employment agency and the applicant for employment clearly stipulates that voluntary resignation from employment or acceptance of employment and failure to report for work by the applicant does not relieve the applicant from paying to the employment agency the same fee he would have paid had he reported for duty or remained in employment for a period of ten weeks or more, then the employment agency shall be entitled to collect the full service fee, provided the applicant's failure to report for duty or his voluntary resignation is not occasioned by extenuating circumstances. Any question as to what constitutes ''extenuating circumstance'' shall be decided by the commissioner. Acceptance of other employment shall not fall within the meaning of ''extenuating circumstances''. Any employee supplied by an employment agency shall be paid at a rate not less than the applicable minimum wage or the applicable collective bargain rate for that position, whichever is greater.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 46o (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 46o - Refunds by Employment Agencies; Conditions; Reduction of Fees; Restriction on Deductions From Wages

Section 46O. Refunds shall be made by employment agencies under the following conditions:  (a) If an applicant furnished employment is discharged within one month after the time of entering upon such employment and such discharge is not for just cause, the employment agency shall on demand refund to the applicant that portion of the fee paid in excess of ten per cent of the gross wages paid to the applicant.  (b) Should it be determined that no employment of the kind applied for was open at the place to which the applicant was directed or as specified by the employment agency, then all of the fee paid together with cost of transportation in going to and returning from such place of employment shall be refunded. An employment agency shall not be responsible to an applicant or an employer for any expense incurred in connection with an interview unless the employment agency has failed to truthfully inform the employer and the applicant of facts related to the applicant or employment with which the employment agency is in possession.  (c) If an applicant for employment was unable to accept employment or to keep engagement for unavoidable reasons, all of the fee paid shall be refunded.  (d) If an applicant for employment was unable to find the place of employment because of insufficient address or directions all of the fee paid is to be refunded.  (e) The maximum fee shall be reduced to the extent that payment would result in the applicant's average hourly wages for that period falling below the rates established by any applicable federal or state minimum wage provision or by any applicable collective bargaining agreement.  (f) Any employer who utilizes an employment agency or who obtains applicants from an employment agency shall not directly or indirectly deduct any part of the fees paid to an employment agency from the wages or salary of any of his employees placed by such employment agency.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 46p (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 46p - Posting of Copy of Secs. 46a to 46o

Section 46P. Each employment agency shall post in a conspicuous place in such agency a copy of sections forty-six A to forty-six O, inclusive, which shall be printed in large type in languages in which persons commonly doing business with such office can understand. Such poster shall also contain the name and address of the commissioner charged with the enforcement of said sections.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 46r (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 46r - Penalties

Section 46R. Whoever violates any provision of sections forty-six B, forty-six C, forty-six E, forty-six F, forty-six J, forty-six K, forty-six L, forty-six M, forty-six N and forty-six O, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than one year, or both. Whoever violates any provision of sections forty-six H, forty-six I, and forty-six P, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars. The commissioner may institute proceedings based upon any such violation. Each violation of said sections shall constitute a separate offense. Criminal prosecution for any such violation shall not preclude any person from recovering money unlawfully collected, in a civil action. In addition to the penalties provided for in this paragraph, the commissioner may issue a written warning or a civil citation for violations of these sections. Subsections (c) to (i), inclusive, of section 6F.5 of chapter 149 shall apply to these citations. The director of labor may adopt regulations for the issuance of the written warnings and citations and for the enforcement thereof.  Information secured pursuant to sections forty-six A to forty-six Q shall be confidential and for the exclusive use and information of the commissioner in the discharge of his duties hereunder. Whoever, except with the authority of the commissioner or pursuant to his rules or regulations, or as otherwise required or authorized by law, shall disclose the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the commissioner from conducting any investigation or hearing as provided for in said sections.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 47 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 47 - Coffee and Tea Houses

Section 47. No coffee house, so called, or tea house or place of resort for refreshment where the principal business is or purports to be the sale of coffee or tea as a beverage shall be maintained in any town which accepts this section, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, by a vote of a city council or by vote of a town at a town meeting, until a license therefor has been granted by the licensing authorities. The fee for the license shall be five dollars or such other sum as shall be fixed from time to time by the city council or selectmen. Licenses issued hereunder shall expire on May first following the date of issue, and may be revoked at any time by the licensing authorities. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 49 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 49 - Lunch Carts

Section 49. The street commissioners and the police commissioner of Boston, the aldermen of any other city, or the selectmen of any town may, if in their opinion public convenience so requires, license any reputable person, upon the payment of an annual license fee, established in a town by town meeting action or in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, to maintain a vehicle for the sale of food in such part of any public way and during such hours as they may designate; provided that public travel is not incommoded thereby, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than one hundred dollars. Any such license may be revoked by them at any time.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 50 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 50 - Lunch Carts; Fee of Highway Not Owned by Town

Section 50. No license as aforesaid shall be granted to use any part of a highway the fee in which is not owned by the town unless the owners of the land abutting on that part of the way consent in writing to the granting of the license.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 51 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 51 - Facial and Scalp Massage; Bath Houses

Section 51. (a) No person shall practice massage therapy unless licensed in accordance with sections 227 to 236, inclusive, of chapter 112, except that a person registered as a barber or apprentice under section 87H or 87I of said chapter 112 or as a hairdresser, operator or student under sections 87T to 87JJ, inclusive, of said chapter 112 may practice facial and scalp massaging without a license. Local boards of health may regulate other fields not licensed as massage therapy under said sections 227 to 236, inclusive, of said chapter 112.  (b) No person shall establish businesses for vapor, pool, shower or bath houses unless authorized by the board of health in the municipality where the establishment is to be operated. The board of health may grant the authorization upon such terms and conditions, and may make such rules and regulations in regard to the carrying on of the occupation so licensed, as it considers proper and may revoke any authorization granted by it for such cause as it considers sufficient, without a hearing. A person authorized to establish the giving of vapor, pool, shower or other baths in a municipality may, at the request of a physician, attend patients in another municipality without additional authorization from the other municipality. No massage therapist, whose license to practice massage therapy is revoked or suspended for more than 1 year with regard to insurance claims, shall own, operate, practice in, or be employed by a massage therapy office, clinic, or other place designated for the practice of massage therapy, physical therapy or chiropractic.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 52 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 52 - Massage or Baths; Inspection

Section 52. Members of the police department of any town may enter and inspect any premises in that town used for massage or the giving of vapor baths.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 53 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 53 - Massage or Baths; Penalty

Section 53. Whoever violates any provision of section fifty-one, or any rule or regulation made under authority thereof, or prevents or hinders any member of a police force from exercising the authority conferred upon him by section fifty-two, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 140 § 54 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 140 - Licenses|Section 54 - Junk Dealers

Section 54. Cities and towns by ordinance or by-law may provide for the licensing, by the police commissioner in Boston, by the license commission in Lowell, by the aldermen in other cities and by the selectmen in towns, of suitable persons to be collectors of, dealers in or keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second hand articles, may make rules and regulations relative to their business, and may provide for the supervision thereof. Said licensing board or officer may, except as otherwise provided in such ordinance or by-law, make additional rules, regulations and restrictions which shall be expressed in all licenses. Said licenses may be revoked at pleasure, and shall be subject to sections two hundred and two to two hundred and five, inclusive, except that societies, associations or corporations organized solely for religious or charitable purposes and their agents shall not be required to pay a fee for such licenses.