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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Mandatory meal-break deduction and unauthorized work during the break
An employer asked whether it could enforce a policy requiring a mandatory half-hour meal break for shifts over five hours and automatically deduct that time regardless of whether the employee actually…
Meal break spent required to stay on premises counts as compensable working time
An employer asked whether an uninterrupted half-hour meal break, during which no work is permitted but employees must remain on the premises, counts as compensable "working time." DLS adopted the Atto…
Employers can't require unpaid on-premises meal breaks, even if duty-free
An employer association asked the Attorney General's Office to reconsider its position and allow employers to require unpaid, duty-free meal breaks taken on the company premises. The AG's Office decli…
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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.