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MA Gen L ch 149 § 147a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 147a - Homeworker's Certificate; Place of Work; Work Performed by Others; Qualifications of Applicant and Home; Strike Against Employer

Section 147A. No person shall engage in industrial homework within the commonwealth unless he has in his possession a valid certificate issued to him by the attorney general under authority of this section, hereinafter and in sections one hundred and forty-seven B to one hundred and forty-seven H, inclusive, called a homeworker's certificate. Such certificate shall be issued by the attorney general without cost and shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of its issuance, unless sooner revoked or suspended. Application for such certificate shall be made in such form as the attorney general may from time to time by rule or regulation prescribe. Such certificate shall be valid only for work performed by the applicant himself in his own home. No homeworker's certificate shall be issued to any person under the age of sixteen years, or to any person suffering from an infectious, contagious or communicable disease or living in a home that is not clean, sanitary and free from infectious, contagious or communicable disease. The attorney general may revoke or suspend any homeworker's certificate if he finds that the holder thereof is performing industrial homework contrary to the conditions under which the certificate was issued or in violation of any pertinent provision of sections one hundred and forty-four to one hundred and forty-seven H, inclusive, or has permitted any person not holding a valid homeworker's certificate to assist him in performing his industrial homework.  No original certificate shall be granted by the attorney general to any person for work to be done for an employer at whose plant there is a strike, and any certificate so issued shall be revoked or suspended, unless the attorney general finds such strike to be unlawful under the provisions of paragraph (e) of section twenty C.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 147b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 147b - Employer's Name and Address Affixed to Articles or Container of Goods Delivered for Homework

Section 147B. No employer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any person any materials or articles to be manufactured or worked upon by industrial homework unless there has been conspicuously affixed to each article or, if impossible so to affix, then to the package or other container in which such goods are delivered or are to be kept, a label or other mark of identification bearing the employer's name and address, printed or written legibly in English.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 147c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 147c - Work in Violation of Statutes; Removal, Retention and Disposition of Articles; Notice

Section 147C. Any article which is being manufactured or worked upon in a home in violation of any provision of sections one hundred and forty-four to one hundred and forty-seven H, inclusive, may be removed by the attorney general or his authorized representative and may be retained by him until claimed by the employer. The attorney general shall give notice, by registered mail, of such removal to the person whose name and address are affixed to the article, package or container as provided in section one hundred and forty-seven B. Unless the article so removed is claimed within thirty days following the giving of such notice, it may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 147d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 147d - Record of Homeworkers and Work

Section 147D. No person in possession of an employer's permit shall deliver or receive, or cause to be delivered or received, any articles for or as a result of industrial homework unless he shall keep in such form, and forward to the attorney general at such intervals as the attorney general may by rule or regulation prescribe and on such blanks as he may provide, a record of all persons engaged in industrial homework on materials furnished or distributed, or caused to be furnished or distributed, by such person, of all places where such persons work, of all articles which such persons have manufactured or worked upon, the hours worked, of the gross cash wages received by each industrial homeworker.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 147e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 147e - Regulations; Violations; Inspections and Investigations

Section 147E. The attorney general shall make rules and regulations for the enforcement of sections one hundred and forty-four to one hundred and forty-seven H, inclusive, and to maintain existing wage, hour and other labor standards established by law or regulation for workers in the industry. Violation of any such rule or regulation shall be punished as provided in section one hundred and forty-seven G. The attorney general or his authorized representatives shall make all inspections and investigations necessary for the enforcement of said sections.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 147f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 147f - Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Books and Papers; Summons and Court Order; Fees; Oaths; Depositions

Section 147F. In making any investigation or examination under authority of any provision of sections one hundred and forty-four to one hundred and forty-seven H, inclusive, the attorney general or his duly authorized representative may require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, contracts and documents relating thereto. Witnesses shall be summoned in the same manner and shall be paid the same fees as witnesses before the superior court in civil cases. The attorney general or any such representative may administer oaths to witnesses or take their affirmation. If any person summoned and paid as a witness refuses to attend, or to be sworn or to affirm, or to answer any question, or to produce any book, contract, document or paper pertinent to the matter before the attorney general or such representative, a justice of the supreme judicial or the superior court, upon application by said attorney general or such representative, may issue an order requiring such person to appear before said attorney general or representative, and to produce his books, contracts, documents and papers and to give evidence relating to the matter in question. Upon application by the attorney general or such representative, commissions to take depositions of persons without the commonwealth may be issued by a justice of the supreme judicial or the superior court, to be used in hearings before the attorney general or such representative, and all laws and rules relating to such commissions in civil actions shall apply to commissions issued hereunder.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 147g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 147g - Additional Penalties

Section 147G. In addition to any penalties otherwise prescribed in sections one hundred and forty-four to one hundred and forty-seven H, inclusive, any employer or his agent who, without having in his possession a valid employer's permit, delivers or causes to be delivered to another person any materials for manufacture or to be worked upon by industrial homework, or who refuses to allow the attorney general or his authorized representative to enter his place of business for the purpose of making any investigation authorized by any provision of said sections one hundred and forty-four to one hundred and forty-seven H, inclusive, or necessary to carry out any provision thereof, or who refuses to permit the attorney general or his authorized representative to inspect or copy the pay roll or other records or documents relating to the enforcement of said sections, or who falsifies such records or documents or any statement which he is required by the attorney general or said representative, acting under authority of said sections, to make, or who otherwise violates any provision of said sections or any provision of his permit, shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred nor more than three thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 147h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 147h - Educational and Philanthropic Organizations; Homework Performed Under Supervision of Commission for the Blind

Section 147H. The provisions of sections one hundred and forty-three to one hundred and forty-seven G, inclusive, shall not apply to organizations incorporated in the commonwealth for educational or philanthropic purposes, or to homework performed under the supervision of the Massachusetts commission for the blind. Persons doing work for such organizations shall not be required to have a certificate to permit them to do such work.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 148a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 148a - Employees Seeking Rights Under Provisions of This Chapter; Discharge or Discrimination; Punishment

Section 148A. No employee shall be penalized by an employer in any way as a result of any action on the part of an employee to seek his or her rights under the wages and hours provisions of this chapter.  Any employer who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because such employee has made a complaint to the attorney general or any other person, or assists the attorney general in any investigation under this chapter, or has instituted, or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings, shall have violated this section and shall be punished or shall be subject to a civil citation or order as provided in section 27C.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 148b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 148b - Persons Performing Service Not Authorized Under This Chapter Deemed Employees; Exception

Section 148B. (a) For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 151, an individual performing any service, except as authorized under this chapter, shall be considered to be an employee under those chapters unless:—  (1) the individual is free from control and direction in connection with the performance of the service, both under his contract for the performance of service and in fact; and  (2) the service is performed outside the usual course of the business of the employer; and,  (3) the individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business of the same nature as that involved in the service performed.  (b) The failure to withhold federal or state income taxes or to pay unemployment compensation contributions or workers compensation premiums with respect to an individual's wages shall not be considered in making a determination under this section.  (c) An individual's exercise of the option to secure workers' compensation insurance with a carrier as a sole proprietor or partnership pursuant to subsection (4) of section 1 of chapter 152 shall not be considered in making a determination under this section.  (d) Whoever fails to properly classify an individual as an employee according to this section and in so doing fails to comply, in any respect, with chapter 149, or section 1, 1A, 1B, 2B, 15 or 19 of chapter 151, or chapter 62B, shall be punished and shall be subject to all of the criminal and civil remedies, including debarment, as provided in section 27C of this chapter. Whoever fails to properly classify an individual as an employee according to this section and in so doing violates chapter 152 shall be punished as provided in section 14 of said chapter 152 and shall be subject to all of the civil remedies, including debarment, provided in section 27C of this chapter. Any entity and the president and treasurer of a corporation and any officer or agent having the management of the corporation or entity shall be liable for violations of this section.  (e) Nothing in this section shall limit the availability of other remedies at law or in equity.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 148d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 148d - Earned Sick Time Outreach Program

Section 148D. The executive office of health and human services, in consultation with the attorney general, shall develop and implement a multilingual outreach program to inform employees, parents, and persons who are under the care of a health care provider about the availability of earned sick time under this section. This program shall include the distribution of notices and other written materials in English and in other languages to all child care and elder care providers, domestic violence shelters, schools, hospitals, community health centers, and other health care providers.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 149 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 149 - Summons and Warrant for Violations of Sec. 148

Section 149. A justice or clerk of a district court, or a trial justice, may upon the application of any employee issue a summons to an employer to appear and show cause why a warrant should not issue against him for a violation of section one hundred and forty-eight. Upon the return of such summons and after a hearing the justice may issue a warrant upon the complaint of any such employee.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 150 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 150 - Complaint for Violation of Certain Sections; Defenses; Payment After Complaint; Assignments; Loan of Wages to Employer; Civil Action

Section 150. The attorney general may make complaint or seek indictment against any person for a violation of section 148. On the trial no defence for failure to pay as required, other than the attachment of such wages by trustee process or a valid assignment thereof or a valid set-off against the same, or the absence of the employee from his regular place of labor at the time of payment, or an actual tender to such employee at the time of payment of the wages so earned by him, shall be valid. The defendant shall not set up as a defence a payment of wages after the bringing of the complaint. An assignment of future wages payable weekly under section one hundred and forty-eight shall not be valid if made to the person from whom such wages are to become due or to any person on his behalf, or if made or procured to be made to another person for the purpose of relieving the employer from the obligation to pay weekly. A loan made by an employee to his employer of wages which are payable weekly under section one hundred and forty-eight, whether made directly to the employer or to another person or persons on his behalf, shall not be valid as a defense on the trial of a complaint for failure to pay such wages weekly, unless such loan shall have been made with the approval of the attorney general.  An employee claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of sections 33E, 52E, 148, 148A, 148B, 148C, 150C, 152, 152A, 159C or 190 or section 19 of chapter 151 may, 90 days after the filing of a complaint with the attorney general, or sooner if the attorney general assents in writing, and within 3 years after the violation, institute and prosecute in his own name and on his own behalf, or for himself and for others similarly situated, a civil action for injunctive relief, for any damages incurred, and for any lost wages and other benefits; provided, however, that the 3 year limitation period shall be tolled from the date that the employee or a similarly situated employee files a complaint with the attorney general alleging a violation of any of these sections until the date that the attorney general issues a letter authorizing a private right of action or the date that an enforcement action by the attorney general becomes final. An employee so aggrieved who prevails in such an action shall be awarded treble damages, as liquidated damages, for any lost wages and other benefits and shall also be awarded the costs of the litigation and reasonable attorneys' fees.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 150a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 150a - Notification of Deductions

Section 150A. Every person making a deduction from wages of any employee for social security, unemployment compensation benefits, pension, vacation or health and welfare funds, state taxes, federal taxes, dues check-off and credit unions and every person engaged in contracting or sub-contracting, highway or building construction projects or public works construction who is party to an agreement to make contributions for unemployment compensation benefits, pension, vacation or health and welfare funds, apprentice training programs, federal tax, state tax, dues check-off or contributions to a credit union for the benefit of any employee, or who is required to make such contributions to such funds or programs or payments directly to an employee under the provisions of section twenty-seven, and which contributions or payments are computed on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis, shall furnish each such employee a suitable pay slip, check stub or envelope, notifying such employee of the amount of each such deduction or contribution at the time of the payment of wages from which such deduction is made and in the case of a contribution at the time when such contribution is made; provided, however, that a new employee shall be notified in writing at the time of the first payment of his wages about the nature of such deduction or contribution; and provided, further, that each such employee shall be notified in writing at the initial time of any new deduction or contribution from the wages about the nature of such deductions and contributions.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 150b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 150b - Fees or Assessments Other Than Those Chargeable Under Union Constitution and By-Laws

Section 150B. No labor union, or person acting in its behalf, shall require any person, as a condition of securing or continuing employment, to pay any fee or assessment other than such initiation fees, dues and assessments as are, by the constitution and by-laws of such union, chargeable upon members thereof. Any union or person violating any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 150c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 150c - Improper Expenditure of Withholdings or Deductions From Wages; Penalties

Section 150C. Any person having employees in his service who withholds or deducts wages from employees for the purpose of purchasing or contributing toward the purchase of a blanket or general policy of insurance pursuant to section one hundred and ten of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and who fails to purchase such coverage or keep such coverage in force shall be punished by one or any combination of the following: by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than six months, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, by being required to reimburse employees for any wages withheld or deducted that were not put toward the use for which they were withheld or deducted, or by being required to pay for all costs incurred by an employee that would have been paid for or reimbursed by insurance if such insurance coverage had been in force.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 151 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 151 - Payment on Pay Day Before Close of Working Hours

Section 151. Persons carrying on any manufacturing business employing one hundred or more persons shall, on the day chosen as pay day, pay such of their employees as are on that day working in the manufacturing establishment, before the close of the regular working hours.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 152 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 152 - Deductions for Coming Late to Work

Section 152. There shall not be deducted from the wages of an employee in any factory, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment, or from the wages of a mechanic, workman or laborer, on account of the employee's coming late to work, a sum in excess of the proportionate wage which would have been earned during the time actually lost. Whoever violates this or the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 153 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 153 - Grading Work of Weavers; Imperfections Affecting Wages; Conditions Precedent to Fines

Section 153. No system used by manufacturers for grading the work of a weaver shall affect or lessen the wages of the weaver except for imperfections in his own work; and in no case shall the wages of those engaged in weaving be affected by fines or otherwise unless the imperfections complained of are first exhibited and pointed out to the person whose wages are to be affected; and a fine shall not be imposed upon any person for imperfect weaving unless this section is first complied with and the amount of the fines is agreed upon by both parties.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 154 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 154 - Employer's Fine Upon Weaver for Imperfections; Violations of Statutes

Section 154. No employer shall impose a fine upon an employee engaged at weaving for imperfections arising during the process of weaving. Whoever violates this or the preceding section shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars.