Massachusetts Statutes

§ 151 — Payment on pay day before close of working hours

Massachusetts § 151

JurisdictionMassachusetts

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XXILABOR AND INDUSTRIES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 151 (2026).

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Section 151. Persons carrying on any manufacturing business employing one hundred or more persons shall, on the day chosen as pay day, pay such of their employees as are on that day working in the manufacturing establishment, before the close of the regular working hours.

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