Employment Law For Managers In Massachusetts
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Supervisors and managers have the obligation to treat all employees and job applicants consistently and equally as outlined under the law. Handling team member issues in the most convenient or the nicest way may not be the legal or right thing to do.
Massachusetts Law allows employers of hourly workers to round clock time by 15 minutes, 6 minutes, or 5 minutes with the condition that “working time averages out over a reasonable period of time so that an employee is fully compensated for all the time he or she actually worked.”
Massachusetts' blue laws contain 55 exemptions allowing different types of businesses to operate on Sundays and certain covered holidays. Some types of retailers engaged in the sale of goods have their own specific exemptions and therefore do not have to comply with the “voluntariness” requirement.
The FLSA does not limit the number of hours per day or per week that employees aged 16 years and older can be required to work.
Massachusetts General Law chapter 149, section 100, provides that "no person shall be required to work for more than six hours during a calendar day without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a meal." Iron works, glass works, paper mills, letter press establishments, print works, bleaching works, and dyeing ...
If you believe your employer has violated Massachusetts wage and hour laws and/or you are a victim of wage theft, you can file a complaint with the Fair Labor Division or 617-727-3465.
Your Employer May Be Violating Workplace Laws However, generally, here are 13 things your boss can't legally do: Ask prohibited questions on job applications. Require employees to sign broad noncompete agreements. Forbid you from discussing your salary with co-workers.
Yes there should always be a manager on duty. Depending on the organization and the size a manager can have a variety of roles. In retail for example generally the manager is the only one who can do financial overrides, get into the safe, close up the store etc. So yes there should always be a manager available.
