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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 30c - Work Week of Uniformed Members of State Police; Overtime Service; Compensation; Rules and Regulations

Section 30C. The service of all members of the uniformed members of the state police and land based environmental police officers of the division of law enforcement shall consist of an average of forty hours per week over a period of one or more work weeks not in excess of eight, as determined by the commissioner of the department in which they are respectively serving, and shall be restricted to not more than five normal work days, as so determined, in any consecutive seven-day period; provided, however, that all services in excess of the normal work day, as so determined, or in excess of forty hours per week, as so averaged, rendered by any such officer at the request of the commissioner of the department in which he is serving, shall be compensated for at the rate of one and one half times the regular hourly rate of such officer for every hour or fraction thereof of such services rendered.
The personnel administrator is empowered to make rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the commissioner of administration, to carry out the provisions of this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 31 - Eight Hour Day for Towns and Public Works for Towns; Emergencies; Acceptance of Statute Relating to Employees of Commonwealth

Section 31. The service of all laborers, workmen and mechanics now or hereafter employed by any town which has accepted section twenty of chapter one hundred and six of the Revised Laws, or section forty-two of chapter five hundred and fourteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, or said section forty-two, as affected by chapter four hundred and ninety-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, and which has not accepted section one of chapter two hundred and forty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, or by any contractor or sub-contractor for or upon any public works of any such town, is hereby restricted to eight hours in any one day. No officer of any such town, no such contractor or sub-contractor or other person whose duty it is to employ, direct or control the service of such laborers, workmen or mechanics shall require or permit any such laborer, workman or mechanic to work more than eight hours in any one day, except in cases of extraordinary emergency. But any such town may accept the preceding section and shall thereupon become subject thereto.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 32 - Scope of Words ''laborers, Workmen and Mechanics'' and ''requiring''

Section 32. In construing sections thirty, thirty-one, thirty-three and thirty-four the words ''laborers, workmen and mechanics'' shall be deemed to include engineers and also janitors, custodians and other employees doing similar work in schools or other public buildings under the jurisdiction of any department, commission or board of the commonwealth or of any county, city or town, and a threat of loss of employment or a threat to obstruct or prevent the obtaining of employment or to refrain from employing in the future shall be considered to be ''requiring'' within the meaning of sections thirty, thirty-one and thirty-four.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 33 - Hours of Labor to Make Up Saturday Half Holiday

Section 33. It shall not be a violation of section thirty or thirty-one if, in the event of a Saturday half holiday being given to a laborer, workman or mechanic, his hours of labor upon other working days are increased sufficiently to make a total of forty-eight hours for his week's work.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 33a - Five Day and Forty Hour Week for Cities and Towns; Emergencies; Overtime; Reduction of Compensation

Section 33A. Except as otherwise provided in this section and notwithstanding any other provision of general or special law, the service of all persons employed by every city in which this section has been accepted in the manner provided in earlier provisions thereof, or shall be accepted, in the case of cities having a Plan E charter, by the affirmative vote of two thirds 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 every town in which it has been or shall be accepted by vote of the town at an annual town meeting, shall be restricted to five days and forty hours in any one week; provided, that, in cases of emergency, when the mayor or a city official designated by him, the city manager in cities having a Plan E charter, or a city official designated by him, and the board of selectmen or a town official designated by them, determines that public necessity so requires, which determination shall be final and conclusive, service in excess of the days and hours aforesaid may be authorized by an officer of such city or town or by any other person whose duty it is to employ, direct or control such employees, and such additional service shall be compensated for as overtime. This section shall not apply to policemen, firemen, school teachers, incumbents of offices specifically established by or under the authority of any general law or special act, or such other classes or groups of employees as from time to time may be specifically exempted therefrom in the manner provided for the acceptance of this section. The compensation payable to any employee shall not be reduced by reason of acceptance of this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 33b - Five Day Week and Eight Hour Day for Cities and Towns; Overtime; Reduction of Compensation

Section 33B. Except as otherwise provided in this section and notwithstanding any other provision of general or special law, the service of all persons employed by every city in which this section shall be accepted, in the case of cities having a Plan E charter, by the affirmative vote of two thirds 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 its charter, and in every town in which it shall be accepted by vote of the town at an annual town meeting, shall be restricted to five days and forty hours in any one week, and eight hours in any one day, and said eight hours shall be arranged to fall within a period of not exceeding nine consecutive hours; provided, that service in excess of the days and hours aforesaid may be authorized by an officer of such city or town or by any other person whose duty it is to employ, direct or control such employees, and such additional service shall be compensated for as overtime. This section shall not apply to policemen, firemen, school teachers, incumbents of offices specifically established by or under the authority of any general law or special act, or such other classes or groups of employees as from time to time may be specifically exempted therefrom in the manner provided for the acceptance of this section. The compensation payable to any employee shall not be reduced by reason of acceptance of this section. The provisions of section thirty-three A shall not apply in any city or town which accepts this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 33c - City and Town Employees; Overtime; Effective Date

Section 33C. Notwithstanding any other provision of general or special law, any permanent employee of a city or town who is required to work in excess of his regular number of maximum hours per week as regulated by law, ordinance or by-law or rule shall be compensated for such additional hours of service at a rate of one and one half times his regular hourly compensation. The provisions of sections thirty-three A and thirty-three B shall not apply in any city or town which accepts this section.
This section shall take effect upon its acceptance in a city having a Plan E charter, by the affirmative vote of two thirds of all the members of the city council, and, in any other city by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of its charter, and in a town by majority vote at the annual town meeting.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 33d - Blood Donations; Leave of Absence Without Loss of Pay

Section 33D. Any employee of the commonwealth, of any county, and of any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, shall be allowed a leave of absence without loss of pay of not more than eight hours in each calendar year for the purpose of donating platelets, plasma white cells or whole blood to any cancer research center.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 33e - Leave of Absence to Serve as Organ Donor; State, County and Certain Municipal Employees

Section 33E. (a) An employee of the commonwealth or of a county, or of a city or town that accepts this section, may take a leave of absence of not more than 30 days in a calendar year to serve as an organ donor, without loss of or reduction in pay, without loss of leave to which he is otherwise entitled and without loss of credit for time or service.
(b) If the necessity for leave under this section is foreseeable, the employee shall provide the employer with not less than 7 days' notice before the leave is to begin. If the necessity for leave is not foreseeable, the employee shall provide such notice as is practicable.
(c) An employer may require that a request for leave under this section be supported by a certification issued at such time and in such manner as the attorney general may by regulation require.
(d) The attorney general shall enforce this section, and may obtain injunctive or declaratory relief for this purpose. Violation of this shall be subject to the second paragraph of section 150 and to section 180.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 34 - Public Contracts; Stipulation as to Hours and Days of Work; Void Contracts

Section 34. Every contract, except for the purchase of material or supplies, involving the employment of laborers, workmen, mechanics, foremen or inspectors, to which the commonwealth or any county or any town, subject to section thirty, is a party, shall contain a stipulation that no laborer, workman, mechanic, foreman or inspector working within the commonwealth, in the employ of the contractor, sub-contractor or other person doing or contracting to do the whole or a part of the work contemplated by the contract, shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one day or more than forty-eight hours in any one week, or more than six days in any one week, except in cases of emergency, or, in case any town subject to section thirty-one is a party to such a contract, more than eight hours in any one day, except as aforesaid; provided, that in contracts entered into by the department of highways for the construction or reconstruction of highways there may be inserted in said stipulation a provision that said department, or any contractor or sub-contractor for said department, may employ laborers, workmen, mechanics, foremen and inspectors for more than eight hours in any one day in such construction or reconstruction when, in the opinion of the commissioner, public necessity so requires. Every such contract not containing the aforesaid stipulation shall be null and void.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 34a - Contracts for Public Works; Workers' Compensation Insurance; Breach of Contract; Enforcement and Violation of Statute

Section 34A. Every contract for the construction, alteration, maintenance, repair or demolition of, or addition to, any public building or other public works for the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof shall contain stipulations requiring that the contractor shall, before commencing performance of such contract, provide by insurance for the payment of compensation and the furnishing of other benefits under chapter one hundred and fifty-two to all persons to be employed under the contract, and that the contractor shall continue such insurance in full force and effect during the term of the contract. No officer or agent contracting in behalf of the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof shall award such a contract until he has been furnished with sufficient proof of compliance with the aforesaid stipulations. Failure to provide and continue in force such insurance as aforesaid shall be deemed a material breach of the contract and shall operate as an immediate termination thereof. No cancellation of such insurance, whether by the insurer or by the insured, shall be valid unless written notice thereof is given by the party proposing cancellation to the other party and to the officer or agent who awarded the contract at least fifteen days prior to the intended effective date thereof, which date shall be expressed in said notice. Notice of cancellation sent by the party proposing cancellation by registered mail, postage prepaid, with a return receipt of the addressee requested, shall be a sufficient notice. An affidavit of any officer, agent or employee of the insurer or of the insured, as the case may be, duly authorized for the purpose, that he has so sent such notice addressed as aforesaid shall be prima facie evidence of the sending thereof as aforesaid. This section shall apply to the legal representative, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, trustee and the successor in interest of any such contractor. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce this section.
Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for six months, or both; and, in addition, any contractor who violates any provision of this section shall be prohibited from contracting, directly or indirectly, with the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, for the construction, alteration, demolition, maintenance or repair of, or addition to, any public works or public building for a period of two years from the date of conviction of said violation.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 34b - Contracts for Public Works; Wages for Reserve Police Officer

Section 34B. Every contract for the construction, alteration, maintenance, repair or demolition of, or addition to, any public works for the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof shall contain stipulations requiring that the contractor shall pay to any reserve police officer employed by him in any city or town the prevailing rate of wage paid to regular police officers in such city or town.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 34c - Application of Secs. 30, 34 and 35

Section 34C. The provisions of sections thirty, thirty-four and thirty-five and of any other pertinent sections shall apply to the commonwealth or any city or town only to the extent that such application will not be inconsistent with the provisions of section thirty A or section thirty-three A.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 35 - Violation of Sec. 30, 31 or 34

Section 35. Any agent or official of the commonwealth or of any county, city or town, or any contractor or sub-contractor, or any agent or person acting on behalf of any contractor or sub-contractor, who violates section thirty, thirty-one or thirty-four shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for six months, or both.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 36 - Nonapplicability of Eight Hour Day and Six Day Week Statutes

Section 36. Sections thirty, thirty-one and thirty-four shall not apply to the preparation, printing, shipment and delivery of ballots to be used at a caucus, primary, state, city or town election, and said sections and sections forty-eight and fifty-six shall not apply during the sessions of the general court to persons employed in legislative printing or binding; nor shall said sections thirty, thirty-one and thirty-four apply to persons employed in any state, county or municipal institution, on a farm, or in the care of the grounds, in the stable, in the domestic or kitchen and dining room service or in store rooms or offices, or to persons employed by the commissioners of the Massachusetts maritime academy, on boats maintained by the state police for the enforcement of certain laws in the waters of the commonwealth, or in connection with the care and maintenance of state armories, or to the purchase, operation or lease of farm machinery by the department of agriculture.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 39 - Hours of Labor in Institutions; Employees With Less Hours Under Other Statutes; Emergencies

Section 39. The maximum hours of labor of laborers, workmen and mechanics, of ward attendants, ward nurses, industrial and occupational therapists and watchmen, and of employees in kitchen, dining-room and domestic services, in state and county institutions, and of officers and instructors of state penal institutions and county penal and reformatory institutions, shall not exceed forty in each week. The foregoing provision shall not be construed as authorizing the employment of any such officer or employee whose work day and week is fixed under section thirty A or any other provision of law at less than said forty hours maximum to be employed beyond the hours so fixed and within said maximum without the payment of overtime. This section shall not prevent the superintendent, warden or executive officer from requiring the services of any person in any emergency where the health or safety of patients or inmates would otherwise be endangered, or in any extraordinary emergency, or in apprehending an escaped inmate.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 41 - Saturday Half Holiday for Commonwealth

Section 41. Except as provided in section sixty-five of chapter ninety-two, all laborers, workmen and mechanics employed by the commonwealth in any capacity, or by any officer, department or board on behalf of the commonwealth, who are permanent employees or who have been certified under the civil service laws, and whose services can be dispensed with, shall be given a half holiday on every Saturday in the year without loss of pay.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 43 - Nondiscrimination

Section 43. The application of a citizen of the commonwealth for employment in any department of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof or in any department of a street railway company, operated, owned, controlled or financially aided in any way by the commonwealth, or by any political subdivision thereof, shall not be affected by the applicant's national origin, race or color.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 44 - Service by Veterans on Memorial Day

Section 44. No veteran, as defined in section one of chapter thirty-one, in the service of the commonwealth or of any county, city or town therein, except policemen, firemen, and members of the office of public safety and inspections of the division of occupational licensure or the division of inspection of the department of fire services doing police duty, shall be required to perform any service on Memorial Day. Such veterans, if employed as policemen or firemen by any city or town, may be granted leave of absence without loss of pay on Memorial Day by the governing authorities in cities and towns.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 44 1/2 - Termination of Employment for Veterans Following Return From Overseas Duty

Section 441/2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a state or municipal government entity shall not terminate the employment of any veteran for at least 30 days following the return of the veteran from overseas duty.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 44 3/4 - Preference in Promoting or Hiring Veteran, Spouse of Honorably Discharged Disabled Veteran or Surviving Spouse of Veteran

Section 443/4. Notwithstanding chapter 151B, a private, nonpublic employer may provide a preference in promoting or hiring to: (i) a veteran; (ii) the spouse of an honorably discharged veteran who the United States Department of Veterans Affairs determines to be 100 per cent disabled as a result of enemy action or a service-connected accident; or (iii) the surviving spouse of a veteran.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 44a1/2 - Fair Competition for Bidders on Construction

Section 44A1/2. (a) A public agency, before entering into a contract for design services pursuant to section 38D or section 38K of chapter 7, shall contract for the services of an owner's project manager to serve as the public agency's agent and consultant during the planning, design and implementation of a contract for the construction, reconstruction, installation, demolition, maintenance or repair of any building by the public agency estimated to cost not less than $1,500,000. The duties of the owner's project manager shall include, but need not be limited to, providing advice and consultation with respect to design, value engineering, scope of the work, cost estimating, general contractor and subcontractor prequalification, pursuant to section 44D1/2 or 44D3/4 when applicable, scheduling, construction and the selection, negotiation with and oversight of a designer and a general contractor for the project, ensuring the preparation of time schedules which shall serve as control standards for monitoring performance of the building project, and assisting in project evaluation including, but not limited to, written evaluations of the performance of the design professional, contractors, and subcontractors. For the purposes of this subsection, the term ''owner's project manager'' shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint stock company, joint venture, or other entity engaged in the practice of providing project management services for the construction and supervision of construction of buildings. The owner's project manager shall be a person who is registered by the commonwealth as an architect or professional engineer and who has at least 5 years experience in the construction and supervision of construction of buildings or a person, if not registered as an architect or professional engineer, who has at least 7 years experience in the construction and supervision of construction of buildings. The owner's project manager shall be independent of the designer, general contractor or any sub-contractor involved in the building project.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a public agency may assign an existing employee to serve as the owner's project manager, if that employee meets or exceeds the minimum qualifications as outlined in subsection (a) and has experience in the construction and supervision of construction of buildings of similar size and scope of complexity as the project to which he is assigned.
(c) The public agency shall use a qualifications based selection process to procure the services of an owner's project manager.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 44g - Allowances; Alternates; Weather Protection Devices

Section 44G. (A) ''Allowance'' as used herein means a sum of money covering one or more items of labor or labor and materials which is designated in bid documents and which general bidders are required to use in computing their bids. The use of such allowances shall be prohibited in the award of any contract subject to the provisions of section forty-four A. Whenever the designer is unable to supply specifications for any item prior to the solicitation of bids, such item shall not be included in any contract subject to the provisions of section forty-four A. The awarding authority shall solicit bids for every such item separately pursuant to the provisions of section forty-four A after specifications for that item are prepared.
(B) Every alternate contained in the form for general bids shall be listed in a numerical sequence in order of priority. When the awarding authority decides to consider alternates in determining the lowest eligible and responsible bidder, the awarding authority shall consider the alternates in descending numerical sequence, such that no single alternate shall be considered unless every alternate preceding it on the list has been added to or subtracted from the base bid price.
(C) The use of options other than alternates in bid documents or bid forms subject to section forty-four A shall be prohibited under all circumstances.
(D) Every contract subject to section forty-four A shall include specifications for the installation of weather protection and shall require that the contractor shall install the same and that he shall furnish adequate heat in the area so protected during the months of November through March. Standards for such specifications shall be established by the commissioner or his designee.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 44h - Enforcement

Section 44H. Except as otherwise provided by sections 44A to 44H, inclusive, and except for the consideration and determination after contract award as to whether an item is equal to an item named or described in the specifications for a contract, the attorney general or his designee shall enforce sections 44A to 44H, inclusive, of this chapter and section 39M of chapter 30, sections 38C to 38N, inclusive, of chapter 7, and chapter 149A. The attorney general shall have all the necessary powers to require compliance therewith including the power to institute and prosecute proceedings in the superior court to restrain the award of contracts and the performance of contracts in all cases where, after investigation of the facts, he has made a finding that the award or performance has resulted in violation, directly or indirectly, of said sections 44A to 44H, inclusive, or of said section 39M or of said sections 38C to 38N, inclusive, or of said chapter 149A, and he shall not be required to pay the clerk of the court any entry fee in connection with the institution of the proceeding.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 44i - Severability of Secs. 44a to 44h

Section 44I. If any provision of sections forty-four A to forty-four H, inclusive, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions of said sections or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance other than that as to which it is held invalid or unconstitutional, shall not be affected thereby.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 47 - Sunday Work Without a Day Off

Section 47. Whoever, except at the request of the employee, requires an employee engaged in any commercial occupation or in the work of any industrial process not subject to the following section or in the work of transportation or communication to do on Sunday the usual work of his occupation, unless he is allowed during the six days next ensuing twenty-four consecutive hours without labor, shall be punished by a fine of not more then three hundred dollars; but this and the following section shall not be construed as allowing any work on Sunday not otherwise authorized by law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 48 - One Day of Rest in Seven; Operation of Business on Sunday; Violations

Section 48. Every employer of labor engaged in carrying on any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment or workshop in the commonwealth shall allow every person, except those specified in section fifty, but including watchmen and employees maintaining fires, employed in such manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment or workshop at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest, which shall include an unbroken period comprising the hours between eight o'clock in the morning and five o'clock in the evening, in every seven consecutive days. No employer shall operate any such manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment or workshop on Sunday unless he has complied with section fifty-one. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of three hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 49 - Establishments Not Subject to Sunday Work and Rest Days; Railroads or Railways

Section 49. Sections forty-seven and forty-eight shall not apply to establishments used for the manufacture or distribution of gas, electricity, milk or water, to hotels, to the transportation of food, nor to the sale or delivery of food by or in establishments other than restaurants. This section shall not apply to railroads or railways as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 50 - Work Not Subject to Sunday Work and Rest Days

Section 50. Sections forty-seven and forty-eight shall not apply to (a) janitors; (b) employees whose duties include no work on Sunday other than (1) setting sponges in bakeries, (2) caring for live animals, (3) caring for machinery; (c) employees engaged in the preparation, printing, publication, sale or delivery of newspapers; (d) farm or personal service; (e) any labor called for by an emergency that could not reasonably have been anticipated; (f) pharmacists employed in drug stores.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 50a - One Day of Rest in Seven for Watchmen and Employees Maintaining Fires, Violations

Section 50A. Every person employed as a watchman in establishments other than those described in section forty-eight, or employed in maintaining fires in such establishments, but not including janitors in residential apartment houses, shall be allowed at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in every seven consecutive days. No provision of any other section of this chapter shall be construed as limiting the rights given by this section. The term ''watchman'' as used in section forty-eight or the term ''watchman'' as used in this section shall include guards in banks, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven. An employer violating this section shall be punished by a fine of three hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 51 - Posting List of Employees Working on Sunday; Work on Days of Rest

Section 51. Before operating on Sunday, every employer subject to section forty-eight or fifty A shall post in a conspicuous place on the premises a schedule containing a list of his employees who are required or allowed to work on Sunday, and designating the day of rest for each. No employee shall be required or allowed to work on the day of rest designated for him.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 51a - Exemption for Special Circumstances; Days of Rest and Sunday Business

Section 51A. The attorney general, if it is proved to his satisfaction that special circumstances require an exemption from section forty-eight, may grant such exemption under such conditions as he deems necessary for a period not exceeding sixty days.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 52 - Time Books; Violation of Statute

Section 52. Every employer subject to sections forty-seven and forty-eight shall keep a time book, open to inspection by the department, showing the names and addresses of all employees and the hours worked by each of them in each day. Whoever violates this section or section fifty-one shall be punished by a fine of three hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 52a1/2 - Veterans; Participation in Memorial Day Exercise and Observance of Veterans Day; Leave of Absence Granted; Exceptions

Section 52A1/2. An employee who is a veteran or a member of a department of war veterans listed in section 17 of chapter 8 and who desires to participate in a Memorial Day exercise, parade or service in the employee's community of residence shall be allowed and granted a leave of absence of sufficient time to participate in such an exercise, parade or service in the employee's community of residence. The leave of absence shall be with or without pay, at the discretion of the employee's employer.
An employee who is a veteran or is a member of a department of war veterans listed in said section 17 of said chapter 8 shall be granted time off to observe Veterans Day. The time off shall be with or without pay, at the discretion of the employee's employer.
This section shall not apply to employees whose services are essential and critical to the public health or safety and determined to be essential to the safety and security of such an employee's employer or the property of the employer.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 52d - Family and Medical Leave; Enforcement

Section 52D. (a) As used in this section, terms shall have the meanings assigned to them by the federal act, notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 1 of this chapter. In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
''Elderly relative'', an individual of at least 60 years of age who is related by blood or marriage to the employee, including a parent.
''Federal act'', sections 101 to 105, inclusive, of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. sections 2611 to 2615, inclusive, as it may be amended.
''School'', a public or private elementary or secondary school; a Head Start program assisted under the Head Start Act, 42 U.S.C. sections 9831 et seq.; and a children's child care facility licensed under chapter 15D.
(b) An eligible employee shall be entitled to a total of 24 hours of leave during any 12–month period, in addition to leave available under the federal act, to:
(1) participate in school activities directly related to the educational advancement of a son or daughter of the employee, such as parent-teacher conferences or interviewing for a new school;
(2) accompany the son or daughter of the employee to routine medical or dental appointments, such as check-ups or vaccinations; and
(3) accompany an elderly relative of the employee to routine medical or dental appointments or appointments for other professional services related to the elder's care, such as interviewing at nursing or group homes.
(c) Unless this section provides otherwise, the terms of the federal act shall apply to leave under this section. As provided in section 102(d)(2)(A) of the federal act, 29 U.S.C. section 2612(d)(2)(A), an eligible employee may elect, or an employer may require the employee, to substitute any of the accrued paid vacation leave, personal leave, or medical or sick leave of the employee for any of the leave provided under this section, but nothing in this section shall require an employer to provide paid sick leave or paid medical leave in any situation in which the employer would not normally provide any such paid leave. Leave under this section may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule.
(d) If the necessity for leave under this section is foreseeable, the employee shall provide the employer with not less than seven days' notice before the date the leave is to begin. If the necessity for leave is not foreseeable, the employee shall provide such notice as is practicable.
(e) An employer may require that a request for leave under this section be supported by a certification issued at such time and in such manner as the attorney general may by regulation require.
(f) The attorney general shall enforce this section, and may obtain injunctive or declaratory relief for this purpose. Violation of this section shall be subject to the second paragraph of section 150 and to section 180.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 54 - Core Rooms Where Workers Employed; Investigations; Regulations; Violations

Section 54. The attorney general shall investigate core rooms where workers are employed, and shall make rules regulating the employment of workers therein. The rules shall relate to the structure and location of the rooms, the emission of gases and fumes from ovens, and the size and weight which the workers shall be allowed to lift or work on. A copy of the rules shall be posted in every core room where workers are employed. Whoever violates any such rule shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than three thousand dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 57 - Employment in Violation of Statute

Section 57. A parent or guardian who permits a child under his control to be employed in violation of the preceding section, and any person who, either for himself or as superintendent, overseer or agent for another, employs any person in violation of said section, or fails to post or keep posted any notice as required by it, or makes a false report of the stopping of machinery, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 58 - Elevator Operators; Minors

Section 58. Any law restricting the hours of minors laboring in factories or workshops, or in mercantile, manufacturing or mechanical establishments shall, unless it is otherwise expressly provided, apply to minors operating elevators in such establishments, or in any building occupied in whole or in part by any such establishment, or in any office building.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 60 - Children Under Sixteen in General; School Hours; Night Work; Plays or Musical Comedies; Fashion Shows; Hospitals

Section 60. No person shall employ a child under sixteen years of age, or permit him to work in, about or in connection with any factory, workshop, manufacturing or mechanical establishment at any time.
Except as provided in sections sixty-nine and eighty-six, no person shall employ a child under sixteen years of age, or permit him to work in, about or in connection with any mercantile establishment, barber shop, bootblack stand or establishment, stable, elsewhere than on a farm, garage, brick or lumber yard, telephone exchange, telegraph or messenger office, place of amusement, or in the construction or repair of buildings, or in any radio broadcasting station except as talent. Except as provided in sections sixty-nine and eighty-six, no such child shall be employed at work performed for wage or other compensation, to whomever payable, during the hours when public schools are in session, nor, except as provided in section sixty-nine, and except that such child may be employed as a golf caddie during daylight hours, shall he be employed at work before half past six o'clock in the morning or after six o'clock in the evening.
This section and section eighty-six shall not be deemed to prohibit children under sixteen from taking part on the stage for a limited period in a play or musical comedy in a theatre 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 consent 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.
This section and section eighty-six shall not be deemed to prohibit children fourteen to sixteen years of age from voluntarily performing services in a nonprofit hospital after regular school hours, and before eight o'clock post meridian, nor shall this section and section eighty-six be deemed to prohibit children thirteen years of age from voluntarily performing services in a nonprofit hospital after regular school hours, and before half past five o'clock post meridian.
Children between the ages of thirteen and sixteen years who voluntarily perform services in a nonprofit hospital shall, as a condition of providing such service, be provided with an orientation by said hospital and be supervised while providing services which are performed voluntarily.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXI - Labor and Industries › Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries › Section 61 - Minors Under Sixteen; Particular Employments

Section 61. No person shall employ a minor under sixteen or permit him to work in operating or assisting in operating any of the following machines: (1) Circular or band saws or ensilage cutters, which shall include any such saw or cutter on a farm, except with respect to a minor under sixteen who is related by blood or marriage to the owner or operator of the farm on which such minor is employed or permitted to work, (2) wood shapers, (3) wood jointers, (4) planers, (5) picker machines or machines used in picking wool, cotton, hair or other material, (6) paperlace machines, (7) leather burnishing machines, (8) job or cylinder printing presses operated by power other than foot power, (9) stamping machines used in sheet metal and tinware or in paper or leather manufacturing or in washer and nut factories, (10) metal or paper cutting machines, (11) corner staying machines in paper box factories, (12) corrugating rolls such as are used in corrugated paper or in roofing, or washboard factories, (13) steam boilers, (14) dough brakes or cracker machinery of any description, (15) wire or iron straightening or drawing machinery, (16) rolling mill machinery, (17) power punches or shears, (18) washing or grinding or mixing machinery, (19) calendar rolls in paper and rubber manufacturing or other heavy rolls driven by power, (20) laundering machinery, (21) upon or in connection with any dangerous electrical machinery or appliances, or in adjusting or assisting in adjusting any hazardous belt to any machinery, or in oiling or cleaning hazardous machinery, or in proximity to any hazardous or unguarded belts, machinery or gearing while such machinery or gearing is in motion; or in scaffolding; or in heavy work in the building trades; or in stripping, assorting, manufacturing or packing tobacco; or in any tunnel; or in a public bowling alley; or in a pool or billiard room; or in any capacity on moving motor vehicles; or in any gasoline service establishment; provided, however, that such minor may be employed solely to dispense gasoline and oil and to provide courtesy service outside of the service bay area of any such gasoline service establishment.