Table of Contents (con’t) Page viii | Massachusetts Wage & Hour Peculiarities, 2025 ed. © 2025 Seyfarth Shaw LLP 2. Massachusetts Employees Testifying in a Criminal Action ................... 157 3. Leave for Veterans Participating in Memorial Day or Veterans Day Activities ................................................................................................. 157 4. Military Leave......................................................................................... 157 5. Time Off to Vote..................................................................................... 158 XII. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MASSACHUSETTS LAWS ......................................... 158 A. Massachusetts Personnel Records Law .............................................................. 158 B. Temporary Workers Right to Know Law ........................................................... 160 1. Notice Requirements............................................................................... 161 2. Limitations on Fees Charged to Temporary Workers............................. 162 3. Additional Restrictions ........................................................................... 163 4. Enforcement and Penalties...................................................................... 163 C. Massachusetts Pay Transparency Act ................................................................. 164 XIII. ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE COMPLAINTS, INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT ........................................................................................................... 166 A. Procedure for Filing a Complaint with the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General................................................................................................. 167 B. The Attorney General’s Investigatory Procedure ............................................... 168 C. Criminal Penalties ............................................................................................... 168 D. Civil Penalties Imposed by the Attorney General............................................... 169 E. The Attorney General’s Means of Enforcement ................................................. 170 XIV. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT BY PRIVATE LITIGANTS ................................................. 171 A. Who is a Proper Plaintiff?................................................................................... 171 B. Potential Defendants Under The Wage Act, Including Individual Liability ...... 172 C. Statutes of Limitations ........................................................................................ 173 D. Massachusetts Wage and Hour Class Actions .................................................... 174 E. Defenses .............................................................................................................. 175 F. Arbitration........................................................................................................... 177 G. Damages in Civil Lawsuits ................................................................................. 179 H. Settlement ........................................................................................................... 182
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