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MA Gen L ch 41 § 108m (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 108m - Police Officers Attending Law Enforcement Courses at Accredited College or University for Degree; Payment of Salary; Duty Hours; Agreement

Section 108M. A city or town which employs a permanent police officer who is enrolled as a student in good standing in a police, law enforcement, criminal justice or police career oriented course of study at a college or university accredited by the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Inc., or the board of higher education, shall, subject to the approval of the appointing authority, and chief of police or any other officer having similar duties, pay said police officer his full weekly salary during the normal thirty-two weeks such college or university is in session; provided, that he is enrolled for at least sixteen hours of classroom instruction, works twenty-four hours a week on regular duty as a police officer in said city or town and during regularly scheduled school vacations works his regular tour of duty; and provided, further, that he is studying for a baccalaureate, master's or higher degree. Each officer who is enrolled in a college or university under the provisions of this section shall enter into an agreement providing that he shall remain in full-time employment as a police officer in such city or town after completion of such course of study for as many years as he has been aided under this section.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 108n (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 108n - Town Manager, Administrator, Executive Secretary, or Administrative Assistant; Employment Contract

Section 108N. Notwithstanding the provision of any general or special law to the contrary, any city or town acting through its board of selectmen or city council or mayor with the approval of the city council, as the case may be, may establish an employment contract for a period of time to provide for the salary, fringe benefits, and other conditions of employment, including but not limited to, severance pay, relocation expenses, reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performances of duties or office, liability insurance, and leave for its town manager, town administrator, executive secretary, administrative assistant to the board of selectmen, town accountants, city auditor or city manager, or the person performing such duties having a different title.  Said contract shall be in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the city or town charter and shall prevail over any conflicting provision of any local personnel by-law, ordinance, rule, or regulation. In addition to the benefits provided municipal employees under chapters thirty-two and thirty-two B, said contract may provide for supplemental retirement and insurance benefits.  Nothing contained in this section shall affect the appointment or removal powers of any city or town over its town manager, town administrator, executive secretary, administrative assistant to the board of selectmen, town accountants, city auditor or city manager, or such person performing such duties with a different title, nor shall it grant tenure to such officer, nor shall it abridge the provisions of section sixty-seven of chapter forty-four.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 108n1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 108n1/2 - Employment Contracts for Appointed Municipal Treasurers, Assessors or Collectors

Section 108N1/2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a city or town, acting through the appointing authority for the treasurer, assessor or collector in that city or town, may establish an employment contract to provide for the salary, fringe benefits and other conditions of employment including, but not limited to, severance pay, relocation expenses, reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performances of duties of the office, liability insurance and leave for an appointed treasurer, assessor or collector or a person performing the duties of an appointed treasurer, assessor or collector under a different title.  The contract shall be in accordance with and subject to the city or town charter and shall prevail over a conflicting local personnel by-law, ordinance, rule or regulation. In addition to the benefits provided to municipal employees under chapters 32 and 32B, the contract may provide for supplemental retirement and insurance benefits.  This section shall not affect the appointment or removal powers of an appointing authority over the treasurer, assessor or collector of the city or town or a person performing the duties of a treasurer, assessor or collector under a different title. This section shall not grant tenure to such an officer, affect section 67 of chapter 44 or apply to an elected treasurer, assessor or collector.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 108o (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 108o - Employment Contracts for Police Chiefs and Fire Chiefs

Section 108O. Any city or town acting through its appointing authority, may establish an employment contract for the salary, fringe benefits, and other conditions of employment, including but not limited to, severance pay, relocation expenses, reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of his duties or office, liability insurance, conditions of discipline, termination, dismissal, and reappointment, performance standards and leave for its police chief and fire chief, or a person performing such duties having a different title. In communities where said police chief and fire chief is subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one, the provisions of chapter thirty-one shall prevail when the provisions of this section conflict with the provisions of said chapter thirty-one.  Said contract shall prevail over any conflicting provision of any local personnel by-law, ordinance, rule or regulation. In addition to the benefits provided municipal employees under chapters thirty-two and thirty-two B, said contract may provide for supplemental retirement and insurance benefits.  Nothing contained in this section shall affect the appointment powers of any city or town over its police chief and fire chief, or such person performing such duties with a different title. In the absence of any conflicting provisions in an employment contract, nothing contained in this section shall affect the removal powers of any city or town over its police chief and fire chief or such person performing such duties with a different title.  Nothing contained in this section shall grant tenure to such officer, nor shall it abridge the provisions of section sixty-seven of chapter forty-four. If there is no employment contract in force, and if the police chief or fire chief has an appointment for a term, the appointing authority shall give such chief at least one year's written notice if it decides not to reappoint said chief.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 108p (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 108p - Additional Compensation for Collectors or Treasurers

Section 108P. In any city, town or district that accepts this section, a collector or a treasurer who has completed the necessary courses of study and training and has been awarded a certificate by the Massachusetts Collectors and Treasurers Association as a certified Massachusetts municipal collector or a certified Massachusetts municipal treasurer or a certified Massachusetts district treasurer, shall receive as compensation from such city, town or district, in addition to the regular annual compensation paid by such city, town or district for services in such office, an amount equal to 10 per cent of such regular annual compensation, but not more than $1,000 per year. A collector or treasurer who has been awarded both certificates referred to above shall receive such additional compensation for only one such certificate. In order to qualify for such additional compensation, a collector or treasurer shall submit to the mayor or the board of selectmen of such city or town, or the governing board of a district proof of the award of either or both such certificates. The additional compensation provided in this section shall be prorated for any 12 month period in which an eligible person does not hold the office of collector or treasurer for 12 consecutive months. Such additional compensation shall be discontinued when certification is discontinued or withdrawn.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 109 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 109 - Resignation; Notice; Residence Requirements

Section 109. No resignation of a town or district officer shall be deemed effective unless and until such resignation is filed with the town or district clerk or such later time certain as may be specified in such resignation. Upon receipt of a resignation the clerk shall notify the remaining members, if the resignation is received from a board of two or more members, and he shall further notify the executive officers of the town or district and such notification shall include the effective date of the resignation. Unless otherwise provided by general or special law, ordinance or by-law, a person need not, in order to accept appointment to a public office in a town or district, be a resident of such town or district; provided, however, that if an appointed town or district officer is required to become a resident within a period of time specified at the time of his appointment by the board or officer making the appointment but fails to do so within the time specified, or if an elected or appointed town or district officer removes from the town or district in which he holds his office, he shall be deemed to have vacated his office.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 109a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 109a - Fidelity Bonds; Payment of Premiums

Section 109A. Every officer or employee of a city, town or district required to furnish a fidelity bond with a surety or sureties shall furnish a bond with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, as surety. The premium on such bond shall in every case be paid by the city, town or district.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 110 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 110 - Authorization for Holidays

Section 110. The city council of a city may provide that the employees, including laborers, mechanics and all other classes of workmen employed by the city, shall be allowed one half holiday in each week without loss of pay during such portion of the year as the city council determines. The selectmen of a town, upon the recommendation in writing of the head of any town department, may provide that the employees of such department in the town, including laborers, mechanics and all other classes of workmen employed by the town, shall be allowed one half holiday in each week without loss of pay during such part of the year as the selectmen determine. This section shall not apply to any city or town which has accepted the provisions of section thirty-three A of chapter one hundred and forty-nine.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 110a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 110a - Office Hours on Saturday

Section 110A. Any public office in any city or town may remain closed on any or all Saturdays as may be determined from time to time, in a city by the city council, subject to the provisions of the city charter, or, in a town, by vote of the town at a special or regular town meeting, and the provisions of section nine of chapter four shall apply in the case of such closing of any such office on any Saturday to the same extent as if such Saturday were a legal holiday.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 111 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 111 - Vacations of Certain Employees

Section 111. In any city or town which has accepted chapter two hundred and seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen or has accepted this section in any form, or which accepts this section in the manner hereinafter provided, or has accepted earlier provisions of this section, every permanent civil service employee as well as every person classified as a common laborer, skilled laborer, mechanic or craftsman, shall be granted a vacation of not less than two weeks without loss of pay in each calendar year if he has actually worked for such city or town for thirty weeks in the aggregate during the twelve months preceding the first day of June in such year. Such vacation shall be granted by the head of the respective department of the city or town at such time as in his opinion will cause the least interference with the performance of the regular work of the city or town. Any official of a city or town whose duty it is to grant a vacation as provided by this section who wilfully refuses to grant the same shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. The attorney general shall enforce this section and shall have all necessary powers therefor.  If a petition requesting that the question of acceptance of this section be submitted to the registered voters of any city or town not already subject to this section, signed by registered voters thereof equal in number to at least one per cent of the whole number of registered voters thereof, is filed with the city or town clerk not less than sixty days before a biennial state election, said city or town clerk shall immediately transmit said petition to the state secretary, who shall cause to be placed upon the official ballot to be used in said city or town at said state election the following question: ''Shall section one hundred and eleven of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, providing for vacations for certain municipal employees, be accepted?'' If a majority of the registered voters of such city or town voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to said question, said section shall be applicable in such city or town from and after the beginning of the next municipal year.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 111a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 111a - Vacations for Police and Firemen

Section 111A. In any city or town which accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier law, on January first in each year every member of its regular or permanent police or fire force who has been such for at least six months shall become entitled to a vacation of not less than two weeks during such year, without loss of pay; provided that a member, who has not been such for a period of at least six months on said January first, shall be entitled to such a vacation upon the anniversary date of his appointment. Such vacation shall be granted at such time or times as in the opinion of the board or officer in charge of such force will cause the least interference with the performance of the regular work of such force. Section one hundred and eleven shall not apply to the members of the regular or permanent police or fire force in any such city or town.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 111b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 111b - Sick Leaves; Accumulation

Section 111B. Any foreman, laborer, workman or mechanic regularly employed by any city or town which accepts this section shall, when entitled thereto, be granted sick leaves aggregating not more than fifteen days in any year, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, without loss of pay; provided, that sick leave allowances not used in any particular year may be accumulated, for such number of years as may be determined by the city council of any such city or selectmen of any such town, for use in any subsequent year. The attorney general shall enforce this section, and shall have all necessary powers therefor.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 111c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 111c - Attendance by Employee Veterans at Funerals or Memorial Services for Veterans

Section 111C. Any employee of a city or town who is a veteran, as defined in section one of chapter thirty-one, may, when authorized by the mayor or selectmen, attend, without loss of pay, the funeral or memorial services of a veteran, as so defined, or of any person dying under other than dishonorable circumstances while serving in the army, navy, coast guard, marine corps or air force of the United States in time of war or insurrection.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 111d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 111d - Vacations for Police and Firemen

Section 111D. In any city or town which accepts this section, all members of its regular police or fire force may be granted a vacation without loss of pay. Such vacations shall be computed in the following manner:—  For five years' service, but less than ten years' service, a vacation of three weeks.  For ten years' service or more, a vacation of four weeks.  Section one hundred and eleven shall not apply to the members of the regular or permanent police or fire force in any such city or town.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 111e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 111e - Vacation Pay for Terminated Employees; Conditions

Section 111E. Whenever the employment of any person subject to section one hundred and eleven or sections one hundred and eleven A, one hundred and eleven D or one hundred and eleven G is terminated during a year by dismissal through no fault or delinquency on his part or by resignation, retirement or death, without his having been granted the vacation to which he is entitled under such section, he, or in case of his death, his estate, shall be paid, at the regular rate of compensation payable to him at the termination of his employment, an amount in lieu of such vacation; provided, that no monetary or other allowance has already been made therefor. The official head of the department in which the person was last employed shall enter on the departmental payroll all amounts payable under this section. The provisions of this section shall also apply to any person not subject to any of the aforesaid sections whose service is terminated as aforesaid without his having been granted the vacation to which he is entitled under a by-law, ordinance or executive order; provided, that such by-law, ordinance or executive order so provides.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 111g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 111g - Additional Vacation Time for Longevity

Section 111G. In any city or town in which the provisions of section one hundred and eleven apply and which accepts this section, in the manner hereinafter provided, any employee thereof who has worked continuously for five years but less than ten years shall be granted an annual vacation of three weeks without loss of pay, and any employee thereof who has worked continuously for ten years or more shall be granted an annual vacation of four weeks without loss of pay. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of said section one hundred and eleven shall continue to apply in such city or town. This section shall become effective in a city having a Plan E charter by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the city council, and, in the case of other cities by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of the charter, and in a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 111g1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 111g1/2 - Vacations; Duration

Section 111G1/2. In any city or town in which the provisions of section one hundred and eleven apply and which accepts this section, any employee thereof who has worked for five years but less than ten years, in the aggregate, shall be granted an annual vacation of three weeks without loss of pay, and any employee thereof who has worked for ten years, in the aggregate, or more shall be granted an annual vacation of four weeks without loss of pay.
MA Gen L ch 41 § 111h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 41 - Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts|Section 111h - Overtime Pay for Police Officers; Conditions

Section 111H. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any police officer of a city or town who is required to perform any service beyond his regular established hours of service on primary day, on election day, on the thirty-first day of October or at any parade or race or at any public celebration or while police listing, shall be compensated for such additional hours of service at the rate per hour of his regular compensation. This section shall take effect in a city having a Plan E charter when accepted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the city council, and in the case of other cities by vote of the council, subject to the provisions of its charter, and in a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting. The rate per hour of his regular compensation referred to in this section shall be based on the number of hours worked in an average week.