Table of Contents (con’t) Page vi | Massachusetts Wage & Hour Peculiarities, 2025 ed. © 2025 Seyfarth Shaw LLP VI. TIPS AND SERVICE CHARGES ................................................................................... 98 A. Definition of a Tip or Service Charge................................................................... 99 B. The Sharing of Tips and Service Charges........................................................... 102 C. “No Tipping” Policies......................................................................................... 105 D. Mandatory Pooling of Tips and Service Charges ............................................... 105 E. The Tip Credit and Service Rate......................................................................... 106 F. Liability for Violations ....................................................................................... 108 G. Penalties for Violations....................................................................................... 109 VII. MASSACHUSETTS EQUAL PAY ACT ...................................................................... 109 A. “Comparable Work” ........................................................................................... 110 B. Permitted Justifications for Wage Differentials.................................................. 111 C. Prohibition on Salary History Requests .............................................................. 112 D. Prohibition on Pay Secrecy Requirements.......................................................... 112 E. Self-Evaluation Defense ..................................................................................... 113 F. Damages.............................................................................................................. 114 VIII. SUNDAYS, HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF REST......................................................... 114 A. Work on Sundays and Holidays.......................................................................... 114 1. Default “Closure Rule” ........................................................................... 115 2. Exemptions ............................................................................................. 115 3. Permits for Necessary Sunday Work or Labor ....................................... 115 4. Employees Who Work in Retail Establishments .................................... 116 a. Voluntariness of Work Requirement .......................................... 117 b. Former Sunday Premium Pay Requirement ............................... 117 5. Legal Holidays ........................................................................................ 118 6. Penalties for Violation of Sunday and Holiday Work Laws................... 121 B. Day of Rest Laws................................................................................................ 122 1. One Day of Rest in Seven ....................................................................... 122 2. Sunday Work Without a Day Off ........................................................... 123
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