Chapter 151

Section 1. It is hereby declared to be against public policy for any employer to employ any person in an occupation in this commonwealth at an oppressive and unreasonable wage as defined in section two, and any contract, agreement or understanding for or in relation to such emplo…

Section 10. After the commissioner has established a fair wage in any occupation in accordance with sections seven and nine, it shall be unlawful for any employer in such occupation to employ persons for less than such rate of wages. The commissioner shall send by mail so far as …

Section 11. If the commissioner has reason to believe that any employer is not paying a fair wage or not observing other minimum wage regulations, the commissioner may, on fifteen days notice, summon such employer to show cause why the name of such employer should not be publishe…

Section 14. Any person aggrieved by any decision of the commissioner may bring a petition in the superior court praying that such decision of the commissioner may be reviewed by the court, and after such notice to the commissioner as the court deems necessary, it shall review suc…

Section 15. Every employer shall keep a true and accurate record of the name, address and occupation of each employee, of the amount paid each pay period to each employee, of the hours worked each day and each week by each employee, and such other information as the commissioner …

Section 16. Every employer, except employers of persons engaged in domestic service in the employer's home, subject to a minimum fair wage order shall keep a copy of such order posted in a conspicuous place in every room in which persons are employed. Employers shall be furnished…

Section 17. Each employer shall permit any duly authorized officer or employee of the department or of the attorney general to question any employee of such employer in the place of employment, other than places of employment of persons engaged in domestic service in the home of …

Section 19. (1) Any employer and his agent, or the officer or agent of any corporation who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee, including any employee in the domestic service of any family or person at his home, because such employee has complaine…

Section 1A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no employer in the commonwealth shall employ any of his employees in an occupation, as defined in section two, for a work week longer than forty hours, unless such employee receives compensation for his employment in exces…

Section 1B. Any employer or the officer or agent of any corporation who pays or agrees to pay to any employee less than the overtime rate of compensation required by section one A shall have violated this section and shall be punished or shall be subject to a civil citation or or…

Section 2. The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''A fair wage'', a wage fairly and reasonably commensurate with the value of the service or class of service rendered. In establish…

Section 20. If a person is paid by an employer less than the minimum fair wage to which the person is entitled under or by virtue of a minimum fair wage regulation, or less than $1.85 per hour in a manufacturing occupation or in any other occupation not covered by a minimum fair …

Section 20A. The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to any cause of action accruing more than 3 years prior to the date of filing in court of a criminal or civil action; provided, however, that the limitation period shall be tolled from the date that the employee …

Section 21. In any prosecution under section nineteen or in any action or suit under section twenty, a copy of a mandatory order covering any occupation, together with a certificate attesting the correctness of the copy and setting forth that on the date of such certificate such …

Section 22. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the minimum fair wage law.

Section 2A. It is hereby declared to be against public policy for any employer to employ any person in agriculture and farming in this commonwealth at an oppressive and unreasonable wage and any contract, agreement or understanding for or in relation to such employment shall be n…

Section 2B. Any agricultural employer or grower who employs a migrant farm worker not under a contract approved by the Federal Government or a political sub-division thereof shall provide for said worker, after ten days of employment, health insurance coverage which shall provide…

Section 3. The commissioner or the attorney general, or their authorized representatives, shall have full power and authority: 1. To investigate and ascertain the wages of persons employed in any occupation in the commonwealth; 2. To enter the place of business or employment of a…

Section 7. The commissioner may, and upon the petition of fifty or more citizens of the commonwealth shall, undertake such investigation as may be required to ascertain whether any substantial number of persons in any occupation are receiving oppressive and unreasonable wages, as…

Section 9. For any occupation within the scope of the minimum fair wage law, the commissioner may cause to be issued to an employer of any learner, or of an employee under an approved apprentice training program, or of an employee whose earning capacity is impaired by age or phys…