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MA Gen L ch 149 § 90 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 90 - Employment of Child Under Sixteen in Violation of Statute; Penalties; Forged Evidence of Age or Birth; Certification of False Statements In, and Alteration Of, Permit

Section 90. Whoever employs a child under sixteen, or whoever procures, or, having under his control a child under sixteen, permits him to be employed in violation of section eighty-six, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month; and whoever continues to employ a child under sixteen in violation of said section, after being notified thereof by a supervisor of attendance or by an inspector, shall for every day thereafter while such employment continues be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months; and whoever forges, or procures to be forged, or assists in forging a certificate of birth or other evidence of the age of such child, and whoever presents or assists in presenting a forged certificate or evidence of birth to the superintendent of schools or to a person authorized by law to issue permits, for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining the employment permit required by section eighty-six, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Whoever, being authorized to sign an employment permit, knowingly certifies to any materially false statement therein shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than two hundred dollars. Whoever, without authority, alters an employment permit after the same is issued shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 91 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 91 - Cessation of Employment for Non-Attendance of Continuation School; Violation of Statute

Section 91. The employer of any minor between fourteen and sixteen who is required by section twenty-two of chapter seventy-one to attend a continuation school or course of instruction shall cease forthwith to employ such minor when notified in writing by the superintendent of schools, or by his representative duly authorized in writing, having jurisdiction over such minor's attendance, of his non-attendance in accordance with said section. An employer failing to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 92 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 92 - Visiting to Ascertain Employment of Children; Reporting Illegal Employment; Complaint; Violation of Statute

Section 92. Supervisors of attendance may visit the factories, workshops, manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishments, theatres, and places of public exhibition in their several towns, and ascertain whether any children are employed therein contrary to this chapter, and shall report in writing any cases of such illegal employment to the superintendent of schools or the school committee and to the department or its authorized officers or agents. Inspectors shall visit all factories, workshops, manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishments within their respective districts, and ascertain whether any children are employed therein contrary to this chapter, and shall enter complaint against whomever is found to have violated any of its provisions. No inspector shall knowingly or wilfully violate any provision of this section.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 93 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 93 - Employment Contrary to Statute; Taking Minor to School; Reporting Evidence to Court or Justice; Complaint; Violation of Statute

Section 93. A supervisor of attendance shall apprehend and take to school, without a warrant, any minor employed in any factory, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment, or in any theatre or place of public exhibition contrary to this chapter; and such supervisor of attendance shall forthwith report to the district court or trial justice within whose judicial district the illegal employment occurs the evidence in his possession relating to the illegal employment of any minor so apprehended, and shall make complaint against whomever the court or trial justice may direct. No supervisor of attendance shall knowingly and wilfully violate any provision of this section.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 94 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 94 - Employment Permits, Educational Certificates and Lists of Employed Minors Produced for Inspection; Evidence of Illegal Employment

Section 94. Supervisors of attendance, representatives of the office of the attorney general, agents of the department of education or of the department of labor, or any authorized agent or inspector of either of those departments may require that the permit for employment and lists of minors employed in any establishment or occupation shall be produced for their inspection. A failure so to do upon request shall be prima facie evidence of the illegal employment of any minor whose permit for employment or educational certificate is not produced or whose name is not so listed.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 95 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 95 - Minors 16 Years or Older Who Have Not Completed Requirements for Sixth Grade; Attendance at School

Section 95. If a minor 16 years of age or older fails to meet the requirements for the completion of the sixth grade, a person shall not employ that minor while a public evening school is maintained in the town where the minor resides or in the town of employment if he is authorized to attend a public evening school therein, unless that minor is a regular attendant at the evening school or at a day school and presents to his employer each week a school record of his attendance. When his record shows unexcused absences, his attendance shall be deemed to be irregular and insufficient, but the person authorized to issue permits for employment, or teachers acting on his authority, may excuse justifiable absence or waive the school attendance requirements if, in the opinion of the school physician, the physical or mental condition of that minor is such as to render attendance harmful or impracticable.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 95a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 95a - Work-Study Program Exception to Permit for Employment Requirement; Exceptions

Section 95A. A school committee of any city, town or regional school district which accepts the provisions of this section may permit a minor over sixteen and under eighteen who is attending school to be employed in industry without the permit for employment required by section 86; provided, however, that such minor is part of a co-operative work-study program operated by said school committee and approved by the department of education. Said minor, while so employed, shall be subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-two.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 96 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 96 - Manual Training and Industrial Education; Effect of Statutes

Section 96. Sections eighty-six to ninety-five, inclusive, shall not prevent children of any age from receiving manual training or industrial education in or in connection with any school in the commonwealth duly approved by the local school committee or by the department of education.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 100 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 100 - Hours of Work Without Interval for Meal; Duration; Violation of Statute

Section 100. No person shall be required to work for more than six hours during a calendar day without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a meal. Any employer, superintendent, overseer or agent who violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred nor more than six hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 101 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 101 - Nonapplicability of Statute Relating to Mealtimes and Intervals for Meals

Section 101. The preceding section shall not apply to iron works, glass works, paper mills, letterpress establishments, print works, bleaching works, or dyeing works; and the attorney general, if it is proved to his satisfaction that in any other factories or workshops or mechanical establishments it is necessary, by reason of the continuous nature of the processes or of special circumstances affecting such establishments, including collective bargaining agreements to exempt them from the preceding section and that such exemption can be made without injury to the persons affected thereby, may grant such exemption as, in his discretion, seems necessary.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 102 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 102 - Labor During Mealtime Without Knowledge of Employer

Section 102. If a minor shall, without the orders, consent or knowledge of the employer or of the superintendent, overseer or other agent of the employer, labor in a manufacturing or mechanical establishment, factory or workshop during a part of any time allowed for meals in such establishment, factory or workshop, according to the notice required by section fifty-six, and if a copy of such notice was posted in a conspicuous place in the room where such labor was performed, with a rule of the establishment, factory or workshop forbidding such minor to labor during such time, neither the employer nor a superintendent, overseer or other agent of the employer shall be held responsible for such labor.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 103 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 103 - Seats for Employees; Violation of Statute

Section 103. Employers shall provide suitable seats for the use of their employees and shall permit such employees to use such seats whenever they are not necessarily engaged in the active duties of their employment, and shall also provide for their use and permit them to use suitable seats while at work, except when the work cannot properly be performed in a sitting position or when such seats may reasonably be expected to result in an unsafe or hazardous working condition. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 104 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 104 - Children Participants in Public Exhibitions; Violation of Statute

Section 104. No person shall employ a child under fifteen years of age, or permit him to appear as a participant in a theater, circus or any other public exhibition as a singer, dancer, acrobat, actor or in any other entertainment capacity; but this section shall not prevent the education of children in vocal and instrumental music or dancing or their participation in any exhibition of dancing conducted as a part of its graduation exercises by a school furnishing them instruction in dancing, or their participation in a church, chapel, school or school exhibition, or prevent their taking part in any festival, concert or other non-commercial exhibition upon the special written permission of the local licensing authority; nor shall it prevent children under fifteen from taking part on the stage for a limited period in a play or musical comedy in a theater wherein not more than two performances are given in any one day and not more than eight performances are given in any one week if the attorney general, after being satisfied that the supervision of such children is adequate, that their living conditions are healthful and that their education is not neglected, gives his written permission to such taking part. This section shall not prevent participation of a child under fifteen years of age in a fashion show, provided such child is accompanied by either one of his parents. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 105 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 105 - License for Theatrical Exhibitions or Shows in Which Children Are Employed

Section 105. A license shall not be granted for a theatrical exhibition or public show in which children under fifteen are employed as acrobats or contortionists or in any feats of gymnastics or equestrianism, or in which such children attending the public schools are employed or allowed to take part as performers on the stage in any capacity, or if, in the opinion of the board authorized to grant licenses, such children are employed in such a manner as to corrupt their morals or impair their health; but this section shall not prevent granting the special permission authorized by the preceding section.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 105b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 105b - Violation of Secs. 105a to 105c; Discharge or Discrimination Because of Complaint, Proceedings or Testimony; Penalties

Section 105B. Any employer who violates any provision of sections one hundred and five A to one hundred and five C, inclusive, or who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because such employee has made any complaint to his employer, the attorney general, or any other person, or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under or related to said sections, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 105c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 105c - Entry of Premises, and Investigation to Determine Compliance With Secs. 105a to 105c

Section 105C. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of sections one hundred and five A to one hundred and five C, inclusive, the attorney general, or his authorized representative, may enter places of employment, other than places of employment of persons engaged in domestic service in the home of the employer, may inspect pay rolls, may compare character of work and operations on which employees are engaged, may question employees, and may take such other action as is reasonably necessary to determine compliance therewith.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 106 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 106 - Drinking Water; Violation of Statute; Coverage of Term ''industrial Establishments''

Section 106. All industrial establishments and every person engaged in carrying on a construction project shall provide fresh and pure drinking water to which their employees shall have access during working hours. Any person owning, in whole or in part, managing, controlling or superintending any industrial establishment or construction project in which this section is violated shall, on the complaint of the local board of health, the selectmen of a town or an inspector, be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars. For the purposes of this section the term ''industrial establishments'' shall be deemed to include public garages and premises used by express, trucking and transportation companies where persons are employed.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 107 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 107 - Water for Humidifying Purposes; Violation of Statute

Section 107. The water used for humidifying purposes by any person operating a factory or workshop shall be of such a degree of purity as not to give rise to any impure or foul odors, and shall be so used as not to be injurious to the health of persons employed in such factories or workshops. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one thousand dollars.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 108 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 108 - Thermometers for Humidity and Temperature; Regulations; Place; Reading; Record

Section 108. In every weaving and spinning department in a textile factory wherein water is introduced for humidifying purposes there shall be provided, maintained and kept in correct working order, for the purpose of recording and regulating the humidity of the atmosphere and the temperature, at least one set of standardized wet and dry bulb thermometers, and, if required by an inspector, two sets of such thermometers, and the following regulations shall be observed in their use: (a) The thermometers shall be placed as directed or sanctioned by an inspector, and be plainly visible to the workers. (b) The occupier or manager or person for the time being in charge of the weaving or spinning department shall read the thermometers thrice in the day, namely, between seven and eight o'clock in the forenoon, between ten and eleven o'clock in the forenoon and between three and four o'clock, except in rooms lighted by gas, and then between four and five o'clock, in the afternoon of every day when persons are employed in any weaving or spinning department, and he shall record the readings of each thermometer in such department at each of the said times upon a form provided therefor, which, together with the regulations relating thereto, shall be furnished by the department of labor and workforce development. The records of the readings shall not be destroyed until the inspector in whose district the factory is situated has examined them and given his consent to their destruction.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 109 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 109 - Nonapplicability of Statute Relating to Thermometers; Hygrometers; Psychrometers; Records

Section 109. The preceding section shall not apply to textile factories equipped with such a number and type of standardized self-registering hygrometers, or psychrometers, or such a hygrometric system as the department approves, or using the sling hygrometer frequently to determine the actual moisture and temperature of the weaving or spinning department; provided, that the manner of using all such instruments or such system is approved by the industrial health inspector in whose district the factory is situated, and that the records of the readings from said instruments or system are not destroyed without the knowledge and consent of such inspector.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 110 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 110 - Relative Humidity Limits

Section 110. No owner, occupier or manager or person for the time being in charge of a textile factory shall permit the relative humidity in a weaving or spinning department in the textile factory under his control to exceed the following limits:
MA Gen L ch 149 § 111 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 111 - Sources of Water for Humidifying Purposes; Clean Air Ducts

Section 111. Water used for humidifying purposes in a textile factory shall be taken either from a public supply of drinking water, or from some other source of pure water, or from a supply of water which, although in the opinion of the attorney general not suitable for drinking purposes, is sufficiently free from impurities to be not dangerous to the health of employees when used for humidifying purposes; and all ducts for the introduction or distribution of humidified air shall be kept clean.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 112 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 112 - Failure to Comply With Secs. 108 to 111; Penalty

Section 112. Whoever fails to comply with any provision of sections one hundred and eight to one hundred and eleven, inclusive, after being requested so to do by an inspector, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 113 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 113 - Light, Ventilation, Cleanliness, Sanitation and Heat in Establishments

Section 113. Every factory, workshop, manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishment, railroad freight house, railway express terminal, public garages and premises used by express, trucking and transportation companies and any other building in which a person is employed, other than a building under construction, shall be well lighted, well ventilated and kept free from unsanitary conditions, and work rooms therein in actual use shall be properly heated during the period from October fifteenth to May fifteenth, according to reasonable rules and regulations adopted by the attorney general establishing minimum requirements with reference thereto; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to such rooms which are under the supervision of the department of public health and are subject to the provisions of section seventy-three A of chapter ninety-four. Upon determination by the attorney general that any work room in actual use is not properly heated according to rules and regulations adopted by the attorney general, the attorney general may seek a cease and desist order in the superior court in the county where the work room is located.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 114 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 114 - Investigations and Suggestions Relative to Eyes and Vision

Section 114. The industrial health inspectors shall, when obtaining information concerning the proper lighting of industrial establishments, make such investigation concerning the eye and vision in their relation to occupational diseases, including injuries to the eyes of employees and to the pathological effects produced or promoted by the circumstances under which the various occupations are carried on, as in the opinion of the attorney general is practicable, and it shall from time to time issue such printed matter containing suggestions to employers and employees for the protection of the eyes of the employees as it may deem advisable.