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Section 29f - Uncollected Overissuance of Food Stamp Coupons; Disclosure; Deductions - Section 29F. (a) An individual filing a new initial claim...
Section 30 - Total Benefits for Year; Industrial or Vocational Retraining; Solvency Account Charge; Trade Readjustment Allowance; Employer's Lockout - Section 30. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the...
Section 30a - Extended Benefits Program - Section 30A. (1) As used in this section the following...
Section 30b - Payment of Additional Benefits Upon Termination of Eligibility for Benefits Pursuant to Federal Supplemental Compensation Act - Section 30B. (a) An individual whose eligibility or continued eligibility...
Section 31 - Benefits in a Subsequent Benefit Year - Section 31. No individual may receive benefits in a subsequent...
Section 35 - Waiver of Rights; Agreement to Pay Contributions or Payments in Lieu of Contributions; Deduction From Wages; Enforcement - Section 35. Except as provided in the second paragraph, no...
Section 36 - Assigning, Encumbering or Releasing Benefits; Exemption From Claims of Creditors; Exception - Section 36. Benefits which are or may become due under...
Section 37 - Fees and Representation in Proceedings Under This Chapter; Solicitation of Business of Representing Claimant - Section 37. No fee shall be charged in any proceeding...
Section 38 - Claims, Reports, Notices and Returns, in General; Notice of Claimant's Failure to Report for Work - Section 38. (a) Benefit claims shall be filed at the...
Section 38a - Payment of Benefits Resulting From Failure of Employing Unit to Timely or Adequately Respond to Department Request for Information - Section 38A. (a) If the director, or the director's authorized...
Section 39 - Determination of Claim and Benefits; Procedures; Payment of Claims or Denials; Default in Payment of Contributions - Section 39. (a) The commissioner or his authorized representative shall...
Section 40 - Application for Review - Section 40. A claimant or interested party may, within thirty...
Section 41 - Review by Board; Procedures; Findings of Fact; Decision; Judicial Review - Section 41. (a) Unless such application for review is withdrawn,...
Section 42 - Judicial Review; Procedures; Appeals; Rules - Section 42. The commissioner or any interested person aggrieved by...
Section 42a - Commissioner Represented by Attorney General or Designated Attorney - Section 42A. In any action to enforce any provision of...
Section 42b - Modification or Reversal of Decision; Recovery of Payments - Section 42B. If any determination under section thirty-nine, or any...
Section 43 - Administering Oaths; Depositions; Certifications; Witnesses; Production of Evidence; Contempt; Self-Incrimination - Section 43. In the discharge of the duties prescribed by...
Section 44 - Accounts for Employers; Records for Employees; Disposition of Papers; Summaries; Reproductions - Section 44. (a) The commissioner shall maintain a separate account...
Section 45 - Records and Reports of Employing Units; Verification - Section 45. Every employing unit shall keep true and accurate...
Section 46 - Confidential Information; Admissibility as Evidence; Exceptions to Disclosure Restrictions - Section 46. (a) Except as provided in this section, information...
Section 47 - False Statements or Misrepresentations; Punishment; Evidence; Restitution - Section 47. Any person who knowingly makes any false or...
Section 47a - Utterance or Delivery of Insufficient Funds Check With Intent to Defraud; Punishment - Section 47A. Whoever, with intent to defraud, makes, draws, utters...
Section 48 - Unemployment Compensation Fund; Establishment; Composition; Benefits Payable From Pooled Money - Section 48. There is hereby established, separate and apart from...
Section 49 - Vested Rights - Section 49. No person shall be or be deemed to...
Section 50 - Treasurer of Unemployment Compensation Fund; Clearing Account; Fund Account; Deposit With United States Secretary of the Treasury - Section 50. (a) The state treasurer shall be, ex officio,...
Section 51 - Requisition From Trust Fund; Transfer to Commissioner - Section 51. The state treasurer shall from time to time...
Section 52 - Benefit Account - Section 52. All moneys requisitioned from the commonwealth's account in...
Section 53 - Unclaimed Balance in Benefit Account - Section 53. Any balance of moneys requisitioned from the Unemployment...
Section 53a - Unemployment Trust Fund; Money Credited to Commonwealth's Account; Use; Records - Section 53A. Money credited to the commonwealth's account in the...
Section 54 - Depositaries; Insurance Charge; Commingling Funds - Section 54. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, moneys...
Section 55 - Bond of Commissioner; Premiums Paid From Administrative Account - Section 55. The commissioner shall give a bond conditioned upon...
Section 56 - Trust Fund; Administration Upon Cessation of Unemployment Compensation Fund or Federal Separate Book Account; Investments - Section 56. The provisions of this chapter, to the extent...
Section 57 - Requisitions From State Trust Fund; Investment Board; Deposits; Investments; Assistance - Section 57. In the event of the provisions contained in...
Section 58 - Employment Security Administration Account; Monies Received; Disposition - Section 58. (a) There is hereby created the employment security...
Section 58a - Contingent Fund; Establishment; Composition; Expenditures; Transfer - Section 58A. There is hereby established a special fund to...
Section 59 - Liability on State Treasurer's Bond - Section 59. The state treasurer, in addition to the provisions...
Section 60 - Federal Moneys Allotted to Commonwealth Paid Into Accounts - Section 60. All federal moneys allotted or apportioned to the...
Section 61 - Special Employment Service Accounts; Agreements Relative to Employment Offices; Acceptance of Moneys, Services or Quarters - Section 61. Special employment service accounts shall be maintained as...
Section 62 - State Advisory Council; Duties, Powers and Reports - Section 62. The state advisory council shall perform all the...
Section 62a - In-Person, Telephone and Walk-in Assistance by the Division for Individuals Applying for Unemployment Compensation; Orientation; Notice; Initiation of Claim - Section 62A. (a) The division of unemployment assistance shall provide...
Section 63 - Publication and Free Distribution of Statutes, Reports, Regulations and Relevant Material - Section 63. The commissioner, subject to the approval of the...
Section 64 - Reports and Information for Federal, Commonwealth and Political Subdivision Agencies; Confidential Information; Federal Regulations Governing Expenditures - Section 64. (a) The commissioner shall make such reports, in...
Section 64a - List of Employers Qualified for Exemption Under Sec. 5i of Chapter 59; Confidentiality - Section 64A. The commissioner shall on or before July first...
Section 65 - Records Available to Federal Railroad Retirement Board; Cooperation With Federal Agencies; Agreements Relative to Employment Offices; Acceptance of Moneys, Services or Quarters - Section 65. The commissioner may make the commonwealth's records relating...
Section 66 - Reciprocal Arrangements With Other States and Federal Government; Reimbursements; Investigations; Exchange of Information, Services and Facilities; Benefits Based on Combined Coverages - Section 66. The commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into...
Section 66a - Arrangements for Utilizing Facilities and Services of Commonwealth and Foreign Countries - Section 66A. To the extent permissible under the laws and...
Section 67 - Estimate of Liability of Employer Failing to Make Report or Return; Collection - Section 67. If any employer shall wilfully fail or refuse...
Section 68 - Payment of Benefits Due a Deceased or Mentally Incapacitated Person - Section 68. The commissioner may provide for the payment, to...
Section 69 - Recovery or Deduction of Erroneous Payments; Cancellation; Liability of Disbursing Officer; Penalty for Misrepresentation of Material Fact or Failure to Disclose Material Fact - Section 69. (a) The department may recover by a civil...
Section 69a - Charging Off Uncollectible Amounts - Section 69A. The commissioner, upon certification to the state advisory...
Section 69b - Set-Off Against Refunds; Notice; Review - Section 69B. In addition to any other remedy provided by...
Section 69c - Reduction of Back Pay Award Due to Receipt of Unemployment Benefits; Notice to Commissioner; Reimbursement of Unemployment Compensation Fund - Section 69C. (a) If a back pay award to an...
Section 69d - Final Decision - Section 69D. As used in this section, the term ''final''...
Section 70 - Extent of Application of Rulings - Section 70. The commissioner may prescribe to what extent any...
Section 71 - Reconsideration of Determinations; Limitations; Notice; Appeals - Section 71. The commissioner may reconsider a determination whenever he...
Section 71a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 71b to 71g - Section 71A. As used in section seventy-one B to seventy-one...
Section 71b - Closing of Facility; Report; Certification; Notice; Hearing; Appeal - Section 71B. (a) Every employer who is closing a facility,...
Section 71c - Partial Closing of Facility; Identification; Regulations; Eligibility for Reemployment Assistance Benefits - Section 71C. Subject to appropriation, the commissioner shall, in consultation...
Section 71d - Reemployment Assistance Program - Section 71D. Subject to appropriation, the director of career services,...
Section 71e - Reemployment Assistance Fund; Health Insurance Benefits Fund - Section 71E. There is hereby established a Reemployment Assistance Fund...
Section 71f - Eligibility for Reemployment Assistance Benefits - Section 71F. (a) An employee shall be eligible to receive...
Section 71g - Eligibility for Health Insurance Benefits - Section 71G. (a) An employee eligible to receive reemployment assistance...
Section 71h - Plant Closing Employers; Bills for Reemployment Assistance Benefits - Section 71H. (a) At the end of each calendar month,...
Section 72 - Jurisdiction of Action to Enforce Statute; Entry Fee in Actions and Proceedings - Section 72. The supreme judicial or superior court shall have...
Section 73 - Severability - Section 73. If any part, section or subdivision of this...
Section 74 - Title of Statute; Construction; Purpose - Section 74. This chapter shall be known and may be...
Chapter 151b - Unlawful Discrimination Because of Race, Color, Religious Creed, National Origin, Ancestry or Sex
Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter 1. The term...
Section 2 - Policies; Recommendations - Section 2. The commission, as established by section fifty-six of...
Section 3 - Functions, Powers and Duties of Commission - Section 3. The commission shall have the following functions, powers...
Section 3a - Employers' Policies Against Sexual Harassment; Preparation of Model Policy; Education and Training Programs - Section 3A. (a) All employers, employment agencies and labor organizations...
Section 4 - Unlawful Practices - Section 4. It shall be an unlawful practice: 1. For...
Section 4a - Conveyance by Void Instruments; Penalty - Section 4A. Whoever conveys real property by an instrument which...
Section 5 - Complaints; Procedure; Limitations; Bar to Proceeding; Award of Damages - Section 5. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an...
Section 6 - Review of Commission's Order; Court Order for Enforcement; Appeals; Availability of Commission's Copy of Testimony; Limitations - Section 6. Any complainant, respondent or other person aggrieved by...
Section 7 - Posting Notices Setting Forth Excerpts of Statute and Other Information; Refusal to Post - Section 7. Every employer, employment agency, real estate agency, rental...
Section 8 - Interference With Commission; Violation of Order - Section 8. Any person, employer, labor organization or employment agency,...
Section 9 - Construction and Enforcement of Chapter; Inconsistent Laws; Exclusiveness of Statutory Procedure; Civil Remedies; Speedy Trial; Attorney's Fees and Costs; Damages - Section 9. This chapter shall be construed liberally for the...
Section 10 - Partial Invalidity - Section 10. If any provision of this chapter or the...
Chapter 151c - Fair Educational Practices
Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter— (a) The word...
Section 2 - Unfair Practices - Section 2. It shall be an unfair educational practice for...
Section 2a - Vocational Training Institutions; Unfair Practices - Section 2A. It shall be an unfair educational practice for...
Section 2b - Absence of Student Due to Religious Beliefs - Section 2B. Any student in an educational or vocational training...
Section 3 - Petition Alleging Unfair Practice; Procedure; Limitations; Preferential Selection by Religious Institutions; Powers of Commission - Section 3. (a) Any person seeking admission as a student...
Section 4 - Review of Commission's Order; Court Order for Enforcement; Proceedings; Jurisdiction; Appeals - Section 4. (a) Any party aggrieved by a final order...
Section 5 - Regulations of Commission - Section 5. The commission shall have the power, after public...
Chapter 151d - Health, Welfare and Retirement Funds
Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. The following words and phrases as used in...
Section 2 - Registration of Trusts, Funds or Plans; Form, etc.; Approval; Filing; Time; Proceedings; Venue; Violations; Penalties - Section 2. The trustees or plan administrators of all trusts,...
Section 3 - Annual Report or Other Reports by Trustees or Plan Administrators; Exemptions; Information Required; Form; Filing; Time; Powers of Board; Conflicts of Interest; Restrictions; Violations; Penalties; Proceedings; Service of Process on Nonre... - Section 3. (a) The trustees or plan administrator required to...
Section 3a - Periodic Review of Registered Pension Plans; Exceptions; Report - Section 3A. The plan administrator or trustee of a registered...
Section 4 - Reimbursement for Visual Services - Section 4. Notwithstanding any provision of any contract or agreement...
Section 5 - Fees; Registration of Trust or Fund; Filing Annual Reports - Section 5. The fee for registering a trust or fund...
Section 6 - Embezzlement or Misappropriation of Trust Funds; Fraud; Penalties - Section 6. Any trustee, plan administrator, official, employee or other...
Section 7 - Application of Chapter; Exceptions - Section 7. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply...
Section 8 - Waiver of Compliance With Requirements of This Chapter; Application; Form; Revocation; Judicial Review - Section 8. Where a trust or fund, or its trustees...
Section 9 - Waiver of Requirement for Statutory Vested Benefits; Procedures - Section 9. In addition to the waiver provisions authorized by...
Section 10 - Compliance With Other Applicable Laws by Trustees or Plan Administrators - Section 10. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to...
Section 11 - Additional Penalties for Failure to Pay Contributions or Benefits; Venue for Complaints - Section 11. In addition to any other penalty of punishment...
Section 12 - Bond of Trustee or Plan Administrator; Waiver; Failure to File Certification Thereof; Penalty - Section 12. (a) Every trustee or plan administrator subject to...
Section 13 - Statutory Vested Benefits; Requirement; Standards - Section 13. All plans filed for registration under this chapter...
Section 14 - Termination of Pension Plan or Profit-Sharing Retirement Plan; Allocation of Benefits and Vesting of Interests; Insurance; Notices - Section 14. In the absence of an acceptable method of...
Section 15 - Violations by Trustee or Plan Administrator; Injunctive Relief - Section 15. The attorney general may at the request of...
Section 16 - Investments and Management - Section 16. Trustees shall invest the funds of their pension...
Section 18 - Severability - Section 18. If any provision of this chapter as the...
Chapter 151e - Prohibition of Certain Discrimination by Businesses
Section 2 - Unlawful Acts - Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person doing...
Section 3 - Violations; Damages; Injunctions - Section 3. The attorney general may institute a civil action...
Section 4 - Cumulative Remedies - Section 4. The remedies provided in this chapter are cumulative.
Section 5 - Void Contract Provisions - Section 5. Any provision of any contract or other document...
Section 6 - Applicability of Other Laws - Section 6. This chapter shall not be deemed to supersede,...
Chapter 151f - Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Access - [Repealed, 2014, 52, Sec. 4.]
Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation
Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter...
Section 2 - Powers and Duties of Department; Investigation of Causes of Injuries - Section 2. The department shall make all necessary inspections and...
Section 2a - Application of Amendments of Statute - Section 2A. Every act, in amendment of this chapter, in...
Section 5 - Rules and Regulations - Section 5. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations consistent...
Section 6 - Notice of Injuries; Forms; Additional Reports; Statistical Summaries - Section 6. Within seven calendar days, not including Sundays and...
Section 6a - Informational Brochures; Monitoring of Benefits; Resolution of Disputes - Section 6A. Upon receipt of notice of injury from the...
Section 6b - Disposition of Fines - Section 6B. Any proceeds resulting from the imposition of any...
Section 7 - Commencement of Payments - Section 7. (1) Within fourteen days of an insurer's receipt...
Section 7a - Presumptions; Employee Unable to Testify - Section 7A. In any claim for compensation where the employee...
Section 7b - Admissibility Of, or Reference To, Statement Given Insurer or Self-Insurer by Claimant or in His Behalf - Section 7B. In any claim for compensation by an employee,...
Section 7c - Representation of Claimants; Compensation; Denial or Suspension of Right to Practice or Appear - Section 7C. Any party appearing before the division of dispute...
Section 7f - Record of Filing Fees, Penalties and Attorneys' Fees - Section 7F. The department shall keep and maintain a record...
Section 7g - Documentation Attached to Claims - Section 7G. The senior judge in consultation with the commissioner...
Section 8 - Termination or Modification of Payments - Section 8. (1) An insurer which makes timely payments pursuant...
Section 9a - Physicians Engaged to Testify or Depose for Employee; Fees Paid by Insurer - Section 9A. Whenever a medical question is in dispute in...
Section 10 - Claims for Benefits; Complaints Requesting Modification or Discontinuation of Benefits; Conciliation - Section 10. (1) Any claim for benefits shall be filed...
Section 10a - Assignments of Cases; Conferences; Orders; Appeals - Section 10A. (1) On referral from the division of administration...
Section 10b - Arbitration; Agreements; Proceedings - Section 10B. (1) At any time prior to five days...
Section 10c - Collective Bargaining Agreements; Binding Obligations and Procedures - Section 10C. (1) Any employer, and the recognized or certified...
Section 11 - Hearings; Evidence; Continuances - Section 11. At the hearing the member shall make such...
Section 11a - Impartial Medical Examiners - Section 11A. (1) With the assistance of the medical consultant...
Section 11b - Procedure for Hearings; Depositions; Record of Proceedings - Section 11B. Procedures within the division of dispute resolution shall...
Section 11c - Appeals to Reviewing Board - Section 11C. Any party aggrieved by a decision of an...
Section 11d - Earnings Reports by Employees; Recovery of Overpayments - Section 11D. (1) Any employee entitled to receive weekly compensation...
Section 12 - Enforcement of Orders; Appeals From Decisions of Reviewing Board; Costs; Reported Questions; Copies of Judgments - Section 12. (1) Whenever any party in interest presents a...
Section 12a - Award of Costs and Attorney's Fees - Section 12A. If on appeal to the appeals court or...
Section 13 - Rate of Payment by Insurers; Review of Clinical Health Care Providers; Health Care Services Board - Section 13. (1) The rate of payment by insurers for...
Section 13a - Attorney's Fees for Employees - Section 13A. (1) Whenever an insurer contests an initial liability...
Section 14 - Actions Not Based on Reasonable Grounds; Illegal or Fraudulent Conduct; Costs and Penalties - Section 14. (1) Except as provided in subsection three, if...
Section 14a - Employee Leasing Companies - Section 14A. (1) As used in this section, the following...
Section 15 - Liability of Person Other Than Insured - Section 15. Where the injury for which compensation is payable...
Section 15a - Controversy as to Which of Two or More Insurers Is Liable - Section 15A. If one or more claims are filed for...
Section 16 - Subsequent Findings Discontinuing Compensation; Finality - Section 16. When in any case before the department it...
Section 17 - Enforcement of Orders or Decisions - Section 17. All orders or decisions issued in accordance with...
Section 18 - Independent and Sub-Contractors; Liability of Insurer and Others - Section 18. If an insured person enters into a contract,...
Section 19 - Agreements by Parties - Section 19. (1) Except as otherwise provided by section seven,...
Section 20 - Hospital Records as Evidence; Medical Records and Reports Open to Inspection - Section 20. Copies of hospital records kept in accordance with...
Section 20a - Copies of Reports of Medical Examinations Furnished Employees; Reports as Evidence - Section 20A. Any employer who maintains a clinic, dispensary or...
Section 20b - Medical Reports of Disabled or Deceased Physicians as Evidence - Section 20B. In proceedings before the industrial accident board, the...
Section 21 - Notice by Insured to Employees - Section 21. Every insured person shall, as soon as he...
Section 22 - Notice by Insured to New Employees; Notice of Cessation of Insurance; Filing Copy - Section 22. Every insured person shall give written or printed...
Section 23 - Release of Claims or Demands at Common Law - Section 23. If an employee files any claim or accepts...
Section 24 - Waiver of Right of Action for Injuries - Section 24. An employee shall be held to have waived...
Section 25 - Insurer's Liability on Judgment for Employee - Section 25. If an insured person who has complied with...
Section 25a - Purchase of Insurance; Self-Insurance; Reinsurance; Deductibles - Section 25A. In order to promote the health, safety and...
Section 25b - Applicability of Statute Relating to Insurance and Self-Insurers; Employer Bringing Employees Within Statute - Section 25B. Section twenty-five A shall not apply to the...
Section 25c - Failure to Provide for Payment of Compensation; Stop Work Orders; Penalties; Liens; Actions Brought by Losing Bidders; Civil Actions for Violations of Chapter - Section 25C. (1) Whenever the commissioner or his designee determines...
Section 25d - Service Companies; Investigation, Adjustment or Settlement of Claims for Self-Insurers - Section 25D. A self-insurer may engage a service company, third...
Section 25e - Self-Insurance Groups; Definitions - Section 25E. Sections twenty-five E to 25W inclusive, shall apply...
Section 25f - Certification to Act as Self-Insurance Group - Section 25F. No person, association, or entity shall act as...
Section 25g - Application for Certificate; Requirements; Issuance - Section 25G. (1) A proposed workers' compensation self-insurance group shall...
Section 25h - Termination of Certificate - Section 25H. (1) The certificate of approval issued by the...
Section 25i - Examination of Affairs, Transactions, Accounts, Records and Assets of Each Group; Confidentiality and Privilege - Section 25I. The commissioner of insurance shall examine the affairs,...
Section 25j - Boards of Trustees - Section 25J. (1) Each group shall be operated by a...
Section 25k - Applications for Membership; Cancellation of Members; Insolvency or Bankruptcy of Members - Section 25K. (1) An employer joining a workers' compensation self-insurance...
Section 25l - Solicitation of Membership by Licensed Agents - Section 25L. Except for the trustees, officers, directors or salaried...
Section 25m - Misrepresentations or Omissions in Solicitations of Membership - Section 25M. No person shall make a material misrepresentation or...
Section 25n - Performance Reports; Statements of Financial Condition - Section 25N. Each group shall submit to the commissioner of...
Section 25o - Uniform Classification System; Premium Contributions; Application to Make Own Rates; Audits - Section 25O. (1) Every workers' compensation self-insurance group shall adhere...
Section 25p - Refunds - Section 25P. Any monies for a fund year in excess...
Section 25q - Premium Payment Plans; Loss Reserves; Bad Debt Reserves - Section 25Q. (1) Each group shall establish with the approval...
Section 25r - Deficiencies; Assessments; Liquidation of Groups - Section 25R. If the assets of a group are at...
Section 25s - Penalties - Section 25S. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the...
Section 25t - Cease and Desist Orders - Section 25T. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the...
Section 25u - Revocation of Certificates of Approval - Section 25U. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the...
Section 25v - Applicability of Chapter 176v to Groups Governed by Secs. 25e to 25u - Section 25V. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 25w - Applicability of Chapter 176w to Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Groups Governed by Secs. 25e to 25u - Section 25W. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 26 - Injuries Arising Out of and in Course of Employment - Section 26. If an employee who has not given notice...
Section 26a - Suicide - Section 26A. Dependents shall not be precluded from recovery under...
Section 26b - Concurrent Service of Two or More Employers; Joint and Several Liability of Insurers - Section 26B. When an employee employed in the concurrent service...
Section 27 - Willful Misconduct of Employee - Section 27. If the employee is injured by reason of...
Section 27a - False Representation of Physical Condition by Employee; Right to Benefits - Section 27A. In any claim for compensation where it is...
Section 28 - Wilful Misconduct of Employer; Defense; Reimbursement of Insurer; Employment of Minor; Mentally Retarded Persons; Injuries at Sheltered Workshops - Section 28. If the employee is injured by reason of...
Section 29 - Required Period of Incapacitation; Personnel Actions - Section 29. No compensation pursuant to section thirty-four or thirty-five...
Section 30 - Adequate and Reasonable Health Care Services; Preferred Health Care Provider - Section 30. The insurer shall furnish to an injured employee...
Section 30a - Medical Reports - Section 30A. Any medical report pertaining to an injury which...
Section 30e - Development of Voluntary Agreements - Section 30E. It shall be the policy of the department...
Section 30f - Identification of Cases in Which Vocational Rehabilitation Services May Be Required - Section 30F. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for...
Section 30g - Meetings With Injured Employees Requiring Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Section 30G. The office of education and vocational rehabilitation shall...
Section 30h - Applications for Vocational Rehabilitation Services - Section 30H. If the insurer and employee fail to agree...
Section 30i - Availability of New Jobs and Job Training Programs - Section 30I. The department shall assist and cooperate with the...
Section 31 - Death; Compensation for Dependents; Hearings - Section 31. If death results from the injury, the insurer...
Section 32 - Persons Presumed Dependent on Employee; Division of Benefits and Payments for Children of Former Marriage; Parent Surviving Dependent Parent; Dependency Determined by Facts; Division of Benefits - Section 32. The following persons shall be conclusively presumed to...
Section 33 - Burial Expenses - Section 33. In all cases, the insurer shall pay the...
Section 34 - Total Incapacity; Compensation - Section 34. While the incapacity for work resulting from the...
Section 34a - Permanent and Total Incapacity; Compensation - Section 34A. While the incapacity for work resulting from the...
Section 34b - Review Date; Supplemental Benefits to Secs. 31 or 34a - Section 34B. October first of each year shall be the...
Section 35 - Partial Incapacity; Compensation - Section 35. While the incapacity for work resulting from the...
Section 35a - Added Compensation for Dependents; Payment; Presumed Dependents; Dependency Determined by Facts - Section 35A. Where the injured employee has persons conclusively presumed...
Section 35b - Return to Work; Subsequent Injury; Rate of Compensation - Section 35B. An employee who has been receiving compensation under...
Section 35c - Date of Eligibility; Benefits Applicable; Adjustments - Section 35C. When there is a difference of five years...
Section 35d - Computation of Weekly Wage - Section 35D. For purposes of sections thirty-four, thirty-four A and...
Section 35e - Persons Eligible for Old Age Benefits or Pension; Entitlement to Benefits Under Secs. 34 or 35 - Section 35E. Any employee who is at least sixty-five years...
Section 36 - Specific Injuries - Section 36. (1) In addition to all other compensation to...
Section 36a - Death Before Full Payment of Compensation for Specified Injuries; Brain Damage - Section 36A. In the event that an injured employee who...
Section 36b - Unemployment Compensation Benefits; Eligibility - Section 36B. (1) No benefits shall be payable under section...
Section 37 - Compensation for Disability Subsequent to Physical Impairment; Reimbursement - Section 37. Whenever an employee who has a known physical...
Section 37a - Compensation for Disabled War Veteran; Reimbursement - Section 37A. Any employee who is a war veteran and...
Section 38 - Consideration of Employee's Savings, Insurance and Other Benefits - Section 38. Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this chapter,...
Section 39 - Payment of Compensation Payable in Case of Death; Payment of Expenses and for Legal Services - Section 39. The compensation payable in case of the death...
Section 40 - Guardian or Next Friend Exercising Employee's Rights - Section 40. If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or...
Section 41 - Notice of Proceedings for Compensation; Limitation of Actions - Section 41. No proceedings for compensation payable under this chapter...
Section 42 - Notice in General - Section 42. The said notice shall be in writing, and...
Section 43 - Service of Notice - Section 43. The notice shall be served upon the insurer...
Section 44 - Inaccuracies In, and Want Of, Notice - Section 44. Such notice shall not be held invalid or...
Section 45 - Examination by Physician; Filing Copy of Report; Refusing or Obstructing Examination; Reimbursement of Travel Expenses and Wages - Section 45. After an employee has received an injury, and...
Section 46 - Waiver of Rights to Compensation; Arbitration - Section 46. No agreement by any employee to waive his...
Section 46a - Reimbursement for Accident and Health Insurance Benefits Paid on Compensable Injuries; Lien of Insurers, Et al., Against Award; Child Support Claims - Section 46A. If medical, dental, hospital or lost time weekly...
Section 47 - Assignments; Attachments; Liability for Debts - Section 47. No payment shall be assignable or subject to...
Section 48 - Lump Sum Agreements - Section 48. (1) Under the conditions and limitations specified in...
Section 49 - Claim in General - Section 49. The claim for compensation shall be in writing,...
Section 50 - Interest on Unpaid Claims - Section 50. Whenever payments of any kind are not made...
Section 51 - Natural Increase Considered in Determining Weekly Wages - Section 51. Whenever an employee is injured under circumstances entitling...
Section 51a - Decision in Compensation Case; Law in Effect - Section 51A. In any claim in which no compensation has...
Section 52b - Priority of Premiums and Interest Charges Over Other Claims - Section 52B. All premiums and interest charges on account of...
Section 52c - Rating Organizations in General; Subscribers; Co-Operative Activities; Rates; Freedom of Contract; Examination of Records; Confidentiality and Privilege - Section 52C. (a) A corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership,...
Section 52d - Appeal From Action or Decision of Rating Organization; Rating Information - Section 52D. Any member of or subscriber to a rating...
Section 52e - Violation of Statutes; Failure to Comply With Commissioner's Orders; Suspension and Revocation of Licenses - Section 52E. Any person or organization wilfully violating any provision...
Section 52f - Hearing on Order or Decision of Commissioner; Suspension or Postponement of Action; Review; Stay of Order or Decision - Section 52F. (a) Any insurer or rating organization aggrieved by...
Section 52g - Partial Invalidity of Statute - Section 52G. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence or...
Section 53 - Mutual Companies; Distribution of Risks Into Groups - Section 53. Any mutual liability insurance company authorized to do...
Section 53a - Classification of Risks and Premiums; Distribution of Premiums Among Employers - Section 53A. (1) Any insurance company authorized to transact business...
Section 54a - Necessity of Insurance Contract Insuring Payment of Compensation - Section 54A. Every contract or agreement the purpose of which...
Section 55 - Approval of Policy by Commissioner; Review; Issuance of Policy in Violation of Statute - Section 55. No policy of workers' compensation insurance shall be...
Section 55a - Mid-Term Notice of Cancellation - Section 55A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 56 - Joint and Several Policies - Section 56. Two or more insurance companies authorized to issue...
Section 57 - Deposits of Value of Outstanding Claims Under Contracts - Section 57. The commissioner of insurance may, whenever he deems...
Section 58 - Computation of Value of Claims - Section 58. The commissioner of insurance shall compute the present...
Section 59 - Holding Deposits in Trust; Payment of Claims; Transfer to Trustee; Accounts; Refunds; Return of Balance - Section 59. The state treasurer shall hold any deposit made...
Section 60 - Effect of Appointment of Receiver on Order, Deposit or Payments; Deposit by Receiver - Section 60. The appointment of a receiver of a domestic...
Section 60a - Review, Suspension and Reduction of Order Requiring Deposit - Section 60A. Any company aggrieved by any order of the...
Section 60b - Liability for Expenses for Custody and Disbursement of Deposit; Determination; Deduction From Deposit - Section 60B. A company making a deposit under section fifty-seven...
Section 60c - Failure to Comply With Order Requiring Deposit; Certificate Authorizing Resumption of Issuance of Policies - Section 60C. Failure of a company to comply with any...
Section 60d - Forfeiture for Failure to Comply With Order Requiring Deposit; Issuance of Policy While in Default; Enforcement of Order, Fine or Forfeiture - Section 60D. Any company failing to comply with any lawful...
Section 61 - Bond for Foreign Company; Other Security - Section 61. Every foreign insurance company transacting the business of...
Section 62 - Deposits by Foreign Companies; Payment of Obligations - Section 62. Every such foreign insurance company shall, within five...
Section 63 - Insurance Company Information Requested by Department; Rating Organizations; Notices Furnished by Companies - Section 63. Insurance companies insuring employees under this chapter shall,...
Section 64 - Insurer's Regulations for Prevention of Injuries; Review; Inspector's Access to Premises - Section 64. The insurer shall make and enforce reasonable rules...
Section 65 - Special Fund; Trust Fund; Assessment Base; Assessment Rates; Payments; Reports; Audits - Section 65. (1) There is hereby established a special revenue...
Section 65a - Designation of Insurer to Issue Policy; Equitable Distribution of Risks; Servicing Carriers; Service Fees - Section 65A. (1) Any employer whose application for workers' compensation...
Section 65b - Cancellation or Termination of Policy; Review - Section 65B. If, after the issuance of a policy under...
Section 65c - Equitable Distribution of Losses; Reinsurance Pools; Necessity of Membership; Plan of Operation; Cost Containment Programs - Section 65C. (1) All losses incurred under policies issued to...
Section 65d - Issuance of Policy to Employer Assigned to Another Insurer - Section 65D. By arrangement between insurers which are members of...
Section 65g - ''losses Incurred'' Defined; Determination of Amounts to Be Paid - Section 65G. The words ''Losses incurred,'' as used in section...
Section 65h - Adjustment of Payments - Section 65H. Provision may be made under the plan of...
Section 65i - Primary Liability to Pay Benefits - Section 65I. Nothing in sections sixty-five A to sixty-five M,...
Section 65j - Inspection of Risks; Rules - Section 65J. At any time while a policy issued pursuant...
Section 65k - Appeal on Ground Premium Is Unreasonable or Discriminatory; Effect of Determined Rates - Section 65K. Any employer to whom a policy is issued...
Section 65l - Failure of Insurer to Comply With Statutes, Order or Rule; Revocation or Suspension of Licenses; Injunction - Section 65L. If an insurer refuses or neglects to comply...
Section 65m - Review of Orders or Rulings; Time; Suspension and Stay of Order or Rulings - Section 65M. Any employer or insurer aggrieved by any order...
Section 65o - Employer's Choice of Insurance Agent or Broker; Commission Fees; Service Fees - Section 65O. Any employer to whom an insurer is assigned...
Section 66 - Actions for Injuries Sustained by Employees; Limitations; Defenses - Section 66. Actions brought against employers to recover damages for...
Section 67 - Application to Insureds and Employers Having Right of Election, of Statutes Relating to Defenses to Actions - Section 67. Section sixty-six shall not apply to actions to...
Section 68 - Applicability of Statutes Relating to Employers' Liabilities - Section 68. Chapter one hundred and fifty-three and sections two...
Section 69 - Commonwealth, Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts in General; Members of a Police or Fire Force in Work Under a Contract - Section 69. The commonwealth and any county, city, town or...
Section 69b - Vouchers; Examinations and Investigations; Reports - Section 69B. Payments of compensation, or payments of medical or...
Section 70 - Procedure and Jurisdiction; Compensation Paid by Commonwealth and Its Subdivisions - Section 70. Procedure under sections sixty-nine to seventy-five, inclusive, and...
Section 71 - Liability of County, City, Town or District for Employee's Injuries - Section 71. Except as provided in the following section, such...
Section 72 - Employee Claiming or Waiving Rights Against County, City, Town or District - Section 72. A laborer, workman or mechanic entering the service...
Section 73 - Election to Receive Compensation or Pension; Retirement Boards; Prosecuting Claims; Attorney; Notice to Boards; Special Pensions - Section 73. Any person entitled under section sixty-nine to receive...
Section 73a - Employment of Partially Disabled Employee; Temporary Employment to Fill Vacancy - Section 73A. Any employee who by reason of partial disability...
Section 74 - Application of Statutes to All Public Employees; Inmates of Institutions; Employees of Boards or Commissions and Welfare Districts - Section 74. Sections sixty-nine to seventy-five, inclusive, shall apply to...
Section 74a - Employee of One Governmental Unit or Electric Company Aiding Another Unit or Company; Reimbursement of Compensation - Section 74A. Any governmental unit, which words as used in...
Section 75 - Agents Designated to Furnish Benefits and Carry Out Statutes - Section 75. Every board, commission and department of the commonwealth,...
Section 75a - Preferences for Hiring - Section 75A. Any person who has lost a job as...
Section 75b - Qualified Handicapped Persons; Discrimination Against Employees Exercising Rights Under This Chapter; Disclosure of Data - Section 75B. (1) Any employee who has sustained a work-related...
Section 86 - Public Employees; Certified Copy of Order, Decision, or Agreement Mailed to Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission, Etc. - Section 86. Within fifteen days of an order or decision...
Chapter 153 - Liability of Employers to Employees for Injuries Not Resulting in Death
Section 1 - Rights to Compensation and of Action - Section 1. If personal injury is caused to an employee,...
Section 2 - Knowledge by Employee of Defect or Negligence - Section 2. An employee or his legal representatives shall not...
Section 3 - Unremedied Defect Reported to Be Defective - Section 3. If a defect in the ways, works or...
Section 4 - Continuation in Employment After Knowledge of Defective Railway Equipment - Section 4. An employee of a railroad corporation injured by...
Section 5 - Limitation of Award - Section 5. The amount of damages awarded in an action...
Section 6 - Notice of Injury to Employer - Section 6. No action for the recovery of damages for...
Section 7 - Employees of Independent Contractors and Subcontractors; Defects Causing Injuries - Section 7. If an employer enters into a contract, written...
Section 8 - Amounts Received From Insurance Funds and Relief Societies; Mitigation of Damages - Section 8. An employer who has contributed to an insurance...
Section 9 - Examination of Condition Causing Injury; Court Order - Section 9. A justice of the superior court may, upon...
Chapter 154 - Assignment of Wages
Section 1 - Assignment Defined - Section 1. The term ''assignment'', as used in this chapter,...
Section 2 - Security for Loans; Acceptance by Employer; Recordation; Consent of Wife; Period of Assignment - Section 2. No assignment of or order for wages or...
Section 3 - Conditions for Validity - Section 3. No assignment of or order for future wages...
Section 4 - Delivery of Copies of Assignment; Delivery of Written Account - Section 4. No assignment under section three shall be valid...
Section 5 - Standard Form - Section 5. The standard form of assignment shall be as...
Section 6 - Trustee Process; Effect of Assignment - Section 6. No assignment of future earnings shall be valid...
Section 7 - Effect of Assignment - Section 7. Except as above provided, an assignment of wages...
Section 8 - Deductions From Salary - Section 8. None of the foregoing sections of this chapter,...