Massachusetts Labor Guidance
Free plain-English summaries of opinion letters, administrative policies, and interpretive notices from Massachusetts's labor agency, with the current status and the official source on every page.
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Unpaid internships at a nonprofit workforce-development program are not covered "occupation"
A nonprofit youth workforce-development organization asked DLS whether its unpaid internship program — an educational track combining classroom instruction with hands-on placements at corporate partne…
The Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law's three-prong test, explained
This Advisory from the Attorney General's Fair Labor Division explains the three-prong "ABC" test under M.G.L. c. 149, s. 148B for classifying a worker as an independent contractor rather than an empl…
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These are official interpretive documents from Massachusetts's labor agency: opinion letters answering questions from employers and workers, administrative policies, and interpretive notices. They show how the agency applies wage-and-hour and workplace law to real situations, but they are guidance, not statutes or court decisions, and the agency can supersede or withdraw them. Every page above shows the document's current status, when that status was last verified, and a link to the official source.