Effective July 1, 2024, the salary threshold will increase to the equivalent of an annual salary of $43,888 and increase to $58,656 on Jan. 1, 2025. The July 1 increase updates the present annual salary threshold of $35,568 based on the methodology used by the prior administration in the 2019 overtime rule update.
Contact the Department of Labor Standards Main office: Department of Labor Standards. General information: (617) 626-6975. General feedback: DLSfeedback@state.ma. Please contact the individual program listed below for specific information.
Office of Employee Relations (OER) The Office of Employee Relations manages labor relations with the unions that represent employees in all Executive branch departments. This includes collective bargaining, contract administration and grievance resolution.
Please call the Fair Labor Division Hotline at 617-727-3465 if you need a wage complaint form in an accessible format other than filing online.
If you believe your employer has violated Massachusetts wage and hour laws and/or you are a victim of wage theft, you can file a complaint with the Fair Labor Division or 617-727-3465.
Domestic violence leave. Family and medical leave. Jury duty, leave for. Parental (maternity and paternity) leave. Sick leave. Small necessities leave. Vacation leave. Voting, time off for.
An employer of twenty or more employees is required to keep the personnel record (without deletions or expungement) for three years after employment or until the end of any administrative or judicial proceeding for which the personnel records are relevant.
Parental Leave, formerly called MA Maternity Leave in the Workplace, requires employers to provide eight weeks of unpaid leave to employees for the birth or adoption of their child. The MA Parental Leave Act applies to employers with six or more employees.
Massachusetts General Law chapter 149, section 100, provides that "no person shall be required to work for more than six hours during a calendar day without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a meal." Iron works, glass works, paper mills, letter press establishments, print works, bleaching works, and dyeing ...