Legal Question in Employment Law in Massachusetts

payday period changes

Is it legal for an employer to change an hourly worker's pay period from semi-monthly to monthly? The transition would mean a two+ week period without any thing to live on.


Asked on 12/16/02, 11:56 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Nance Lyons Law Office of Nance Lyons

Re: payday period changes

MA law requries weekly salary payments. Call the Wage and Hour Administration at the Attorney General's office for a remedy

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Answered on 12/17/02, 10:38 am
Evan Fray-Witzer Law Office of Evan Fray-Witzer

Re: payday period changes

In general, General Laws Chapter 149, section 148 requires employers to pay employees weekly, or, with their consent, bi-weekly. The statute does not approve of monthly payments, though you see them all the time...

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Answered on 12/16/02, 12:09 pm


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