Work Labor Law For Salaried Employees In Massachusetts
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In Massachusetts, there are no state or federal laws that specifically limit the number of consecutive days an employee over the age of 16 can work. This allows employers to schedule employees for seven or more days in a row if necessary.
“The FLSA does not limit the number of hours per day or per week that employees aged 16 years and older can be required to work.”
The DOL's final rule required the salary threshold to increase to $43,888 per year on July 1, 2024, and this part of the rule was implemented in Massachusetts. Then, the DOL's final rule required the salary threshold to increase again on January 1, 2025, to $58,656 per year.
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 ...
Massachusetts Law allows employers of hourly workers to round clock time by 15 minutes, 6 minutes, or 5 minutes with the condition that “working time averages out over a reasonable period of time so that an employee is fully compensated for all the time he or she actually worked.”
The salary levels recently changed in July 2024 and will change again in mid-2025. As of July 1, 2024, for an employee to be exempt, they must earn at least $43,880 per year or $844 per week. That salary threshold will rise to $58,656 annually or $1,128 per week.
This means that the statewide minimum wage of $15.00 per hour applies to all workers in the state, regardless of where they live or work.
As of July 1, 2024, for an employee to be exempt, they must earn at least $43,880 per year or $844 per week.
