Massachusetts Statutes

§ 159 — Discharge of employee without notice

Massachusetts § 159

JurisdictionMassachusetts

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XXILABOR AND INDUSTRIES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 159 (2026).

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Section 159. A person engaged in manufacturing who requires from his employees, under penalty or forfeiture of a part of the wages earned by them, a notice of intention to leave such employ shall be liable to a like forfeiture, if, without similar notice, he discharges an employee.

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