Massachusetts General Laws
Title XXI - Labor and Industries
Chapter 151 - Minimum Fair Wages

Section 1 - Oppressive and Unreasonable Wages; Validity of Contracts - [Text of section effective until January 1, 2022. For text...

Section 1a - Overtime Pay; Excluded Employments - Section 1A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no...

Section 1b - Overtime Compensation; Failure to Pay; Penalties; Collection Proceedings; Unclaimed Awards; Deposit of Funds - Section 1B. Any employer or the officer or agent of...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. The following words and phrases as used in...

Section 2a - Agriculture and Farming - Section 2A. It is hereby declared to be against public...

Section 2b - Migrant Farm Workers; Compulsory Health Insurance - Section 2B. Any agricultural employer or grower who employs a...

Section 3 - Powers of Commissioner and Attorney General - Section 3. The commissioner or the attorney general, or their...

Section 7 - Investigation and Classification of Employments; Establishment of Minimum Fair Wage Rates; Exceptions; Overtime - Section 7. The commissioner may, and upon the petition of...

Section 9 - Certificate Authorizing Employment at Less Than Minimum Fair Wage Rates - Section 9. For any occupation within the scope of the...

Section 10 - Wage Rate Less Than Fair Wage; Mailing and Posting Wage Rate and Regulations - Section 10. After the commissioner has established a fair wage...

Section 11 - Failure to Observe Fair Wage or Regulations; Summons; Hearing; Publication of Names, Liability - Section 11. If the commissioner has reason to believe that...

Section 14 - Review by Court; Procedure; Effect of Partial Unconstitutionality of Wage Regulations - Section 14. Any person aggrieved by any decision of the...

Section 15 - Employer's Records; Statement Furnished to Commissioner or Attorney General; Inspection of Records by Employee - Section 15. Every employer shall keep a true and accurate...

Section 16 - Posting Orders and Rules - Section 16. Every employer, except employers of persons engaged in...

Section 17 - Department or Attorney General Questioning Employees - Section 17. Each employer shall permit any duly authorized officer...

Section 19 - Punishments for Stated Acts - Section 19. (1) Any employer and his agent, or the...

Section 20 - Payment of Less Than Minimum Fair Wage; Recovery of Deficiency; Unclaimed Award; Deposit of Funds - Section 20. If a person is paid by an employer...

Section 20a - Limitation Period for Criminal or Civil Action - Section 20A. The provisions of this chapter shall not be...

Section 21 - Copy of Order and Certificate Evidence of Compliance With Statute and Effectiveness of Order - Section 21. In any prosecution under section nineteen or in...

Section 22 - Title of Statute - Section 22. This chapter shall be known and may be...