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Massachusetts ?show up? pay ? also referred to as the ?reporting pay? ? entitles employees who work for 3 hours or more and get sent home to receive regular wages for those hours. The employer sets the employee's work schedule and must pay for at least those 3 hours at the state minimum wage of $14.25.

Employers may not prohibit employees from disclosing or discussing their wages. Employers may not seek the salary or wage history of any prospective employee before making an offer that includes compensation, and may not require that a prospective employee's wage or salary history meet certain criteria.

On-call employees An on-call employee who is not required to be at the work site, and who is effectively free to use his or her time for his or her own purposes, is not working while on call and need not be paid. Of course, if the employee is paged and must perform work, the employee must be paid for all hours worked.

149, § 148 (Section 148) mandates that when an employee is involuntarily terminated, the employer must provide the employee's final wages and the balance of any unused vacation time on the day the employee is terminated. Further, under Mass. G. L.

Employers must give workers a statement with their pay that says: the name of the employer and worker. the date of payment (month, day and year) the number of hours worked during the pay period.

The Massachusetts Wage Act governs the timely payment of wages, final pay requirements at termination, required sick time under state law, proper classification of employees, and more. If an employer violates the Wage Act, Massachusetts law requires that they pay treble damages.