General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 151 Minimum Fair Wages
- Massachusetts General Laws - Oppressive and unreasonable wages; validity of contracts - Chapter 151, Section 1
p>[ Text of section effective until January 1, 2015. For text effective January 1, 2015, see below.] It is hereby declared to be against public...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Overtime pay; excluded employments - Chapter 151, Section 1A
Except as otherwise provided in this section, no employer in the commonwealth shall employ any of his employees in an occupation, as defined in section...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Overtime compensation; failure to pay; penalties; collection proceedings; unclaimed awards; deposit of funds - Chapter 151, Section 1B
Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation who pays or agrees to pay to any employee less than the overtime rate of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 151, Section 2
The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: “A fair wage”, a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Agriculture and farming - Chapter 151, Section 2A
[ Text of section effective until January 1, 2015. For text effective January 1, 2015, see below.] It is hereby declared to be against public...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Migrant farm workers; compulsory health insurance - Chapter 151, Section 2B
Any agricultural employer or grower who employs a migrant farm worker not under a contract approved by the Federal Government or a political sub-division thereof...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers of commissioner and attorney general - Chapter 151, Section 3
The commissioner or the attorney general, or their authorized representatives, shall have full power and authority: 1. To investigate and ascertain the wages of persons...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1973, 1192, Sec. 6 - Chapter 151, Section 4 to 6
Repealed, 1973, 1192, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Investigation and classification of employments; establishment of minimum fair wage rates; exceptions; overtime - Chapter 151, Section 7
The commissioner may, and upon the petition of fifty or more citizens of the commonwealth shall, undertake such investigation as may be required to ascertain...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1973, 1192, Sec. 8 - Chapter 151, Section 8
Repealed, 1973, 1192, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Certificate authorizing employment at less than minimum fair wage rates - Chapter 151, Section 9
For any occupation within the scope of the minimum fair wage law, the commissioner may cause to be issued to an employer of any learner,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Wage rate less than fair wage; mailing and posting wage rate and regulations - Chapter 151, Section 10
After the commissioner has established a fair wage in any occupation in accordance with sections seven and nine, it shall be unlawful for any employer...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Failure to observe fair wage or regulations; summons; hearing; publication of names, liability - Chapter 151, Section 11
If the commissioner has reason to believe that any employer is not paying a fair wage or not observing other minimum wage regulations, the commissioner...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1973, 1192, Sec. 12 - Chapter 151, Section 12 13
Repealed, 1973, 1192, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Review by court; procedure; effect of partial unconstitutionality of wage regulations - Chapter 151, Section 14
Any person aggrieved by any decision of the commissioner may bring a petition in the superior court praying that such decision of the commissioner may...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Employer’s records; statement furnished to commissioner or attorney general; inspection of records by employee - Chapter 151, Section 15
Every employer shall keep a true and accurate record of the name, address and occupation of each employee, of the amount paid each pay period...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Posting orders and rules - Chapter 151, Section 16
Every employer, except employers of persons engaged in domestic service in the employer’s home, subject to a minimum fair wage order shall keep a copy...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Department or attorney general questioning employees - Chapter 151, Section 17
Each employer shall permit any duly authorized officer or employee of the department or of the attorney general to question any employee of such employer...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1973, 1192, Sec. 15 - Chapter 151, Section 18
Repealed, 1973, 1192, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Punishments for stated acts - Chapter 151, Section 19
[ Paragraph (1) effective until April 1, 2015. For text effective April 1, 2015, see below.] (1) Any employer and his agent, or the officer...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Payment of less than minimum fair wage; recovery of deficiency; unclaimed award; deposit of funds - Chapter 151, Section 20
If a person is paid by an employer less than the minimum fair wage to which the person is entitled under or by virtue of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Limitation period for criminal or civil action - Chapter 151, Section 20A
The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to any cause of action accruing more than two years prior to the date of filing...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Copy of order and certificate evidence of compliance with statute and effectiveness of order - Chapter 151, Section 21
In any prosecution under section nineteen or in any action or suit under section twenty, a copy of a mandatory order covering any occupation, together...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Title of statute - Chapter 151, Section 22
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the minimum fair wage law.
Last modified: September 11, 2015