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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General wage-and-hour Q&A: full-time definition, holiday pay, and the three-hour reporting rule
A dental office asked DLS a series of general wage-and-hour questions: how many hours make a "full time" workweek, whether part-time or full-time staff are entitled to vacation or holiday pay, whether…
Holiday pay for a day off doesn't count as hours worked toward overtime
An employer asked whether an employee who worked 36 hours in a week and also received 8 hours of holiday pay for a day off, both at the same straight-time rate, is owed any overtime for that week. DLS…
Vacation pay is wages: accrual caps, use-it-or-lose-it, and payout on separation
This Advisory from the Attorney General's Fair Labor Division explains that once an employer chooses to offer paid vacation, Massachusetts law treats it as wages: it vests as it is earned and must be …
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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.