© 2025 Seyfarth Shaw LLP Massachusetts Wage & Hour Peculiarities, 2025 ed. | vii 3. Exemptions to the One Day of Rest in Seven and the Sunday Work Without a Day Off Provisions................................................................. 123 4. Penalties for Violation ............................................................................ 124 IX. JOINT EMPLOYMENT................................................................................................. 125 X. CLASSIFYING WORKERS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS......................... 128 A. The Threshold Question...................................................................................... 129 B. The Massachusetts ABC Test for Independent Contractors ............................... 130 1. Level of Control Exercised by the Putative Employer ........................... 131 2. Services Provided Are Outside the Usual Course of Business ............... 133 3. Independent Trade, Occupation, Profession, or Business....................... 136 C. Real Estate Brokers Are Exempt from the ABC Test......................................... 137 D. Franchisor-Franchisee Relationships .................................................................. 138 E. Liability for Misclassification as an Independent Contractor............................. 138 XI. MANDATED TIME OFF AND MASSACHUSETTS LEAVE LAWS ....................... 140 A. The Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law ........................................................ 140 1. Pay for Time Off Pursuant to the ESTL ................................................. 142 2. Notification of Intent to Use Sick Time and Employee Certification ............................................................................................ 143 3. Effect of Termination and Breaks in Service and Recordkeeping and Notice Requirements ........................................................................ 144 B. Massachusetts Leave for Domestic Violence Victims and Family Members ............................................................................................................. 144 C. Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave ................................................. 147 1. Overview ................................................................................................. 147 2. Employee and Employer Contributions.................................................. 148 3. Private Plan Exemptions ......................................................................... 149 4. Notice and Posting Requirements ........................................................... 149 5. Maintaining Health Insurance and Other Benefits.................................. 151 6. Anti-Retaliation Provisions..................................................................... 152 D. Massachusetts Parental Leave Act...................................................................... 152 E. Small Necessities Leave Act............................................................................... 154 F. Civic Duty Leaves............................................................................................... 156 1. Massachusetts Jury Duty Leave.............................................................. 156
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