Massachusetts § 24A Dismissal or refusal to employ certain persons on account of age; penalty

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 24A — Dismissal or refusal to employ certain persons on account of age; penalty

Massachusetts § 24A

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XXILABOR AND INDUSTRIES

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 24A (2026).

Text

Section 24A. Whoever dismisses from private sector employment any person over the age of forty, or refuses to employ such person because of his age, except as permitted by subsection 17 of section 4 of chapter one hundred and fifty-one B, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

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