General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 62E Wage Reporting System

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 62E, Section 1
  The following words as used in this chapter shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:— “Bureau of special investigations”, the bureau of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Report of wages paid; hiring reports - Chapter 62E, Section 2
  Upon the hiring of an employee, such employers, including all governmental entities, and every labor organization, shall notify the department of revenue of the hiring...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Application of new hire reporting requirements - Chapter 62E, Section 2A
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the new hire reporting requirements of this chapter and the penalties associated with the failure to comply with...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Financial institution match system; operation of reporting systems; inter-agency agreements - Chapter 62E, Section 3
  The commissioner shall design, develop and implement a financial institution match system and shall operate the reporting systems: (1) for the purpose of verifying financial...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Report of recipients’ deposits and withdrawals in savings institutions - Chapter 62E, Section 4
  (a) The commissioner shall request, not more than quarterly, from each institution as defined in subsection (e), the name, record address, social security number and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Identification of recipients receiving benefits exceeding threshold requirements; termination of benefits - Chapter 62E, Section 5
  The commissioner shall examine the data available under the reporting systems, make positive identification of cases in which recipients of programs included in the reporting...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fraudulent actions by benefit recipients; bureau of special investigations - Chapter 62E, Section 6
  When any agency has probable cause to believe that the receipt of incorrect benefits under any such program was a result of a fraudulent action...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Access to records and accounts - Chapter 62E, Section 6A
  The director of the bureau of special investigations shall have access to agency, subgrantee or local administering agencies’ records and accounts at reasonable times and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fraud; notification of other state agencies - Chapter 62E, Section 6B
  Whenever the bureau finds probable cause to believe that a person has engaged in fraud in any such programs the bureau may notify other state...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Wage verification system; remote terminal units - Chapter 62E, Section 7
  The commissioner and the commissioner and the administering department may implement a system of wage verification on a continuous basis through the use of remote...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Utilization of reporting systems by commissioner - Chapter 62E, Section 7A
  The commissioner may utilize the reporting systems in the administration of taxes, as defined in sections one and two of chapter sixty-two C, including proceedings...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Unauthorized disclosure of information; fine; administrative discipline - Chapter 62E, Section 8
  No employee or agent of the commonwealth shall divulge any information referred to in this chapter, except in the manner herein prescribed to any public...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Failure of employer, payor of income or other person to submit reports; false reports; penalties - Chapter 62E, Section 9
  An employer or payor of income required to submit a report pursuant to this chapter who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with such reporting...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2009, 4, Sec. 67 - Chapter 62E, Section 10
  Repealed, 2009, 4, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Reporting system information sharing program - Chapter 62E, Section 11
  The commissioner, in cooperation with the IV-D agency, shall share reporting system information with other states, as required by federal law. The commissioner is hereby...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Release of reporting system information to federal and out-of-state agencies and to departments within the commonwealth - Chapter 62E, Section 12
  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the release by the commissioner, pursuant to the terms of federally-mandated wage match programs,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2009, 4, Sec. 76 - Chapter 62E, Section 13
  Repealed, 2009, 4, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Disclosure to depositors that information has been provided to commissioner; penalty - Chapter 62E, Section 14
  Unless otherwise required by applicable law, an institution furnishing a report or providing information to the commissioner under either subsection (a) or subsection (b) of...

Last modified: September 11, 2015