Must employees be paid time and a half for Sunday work?
See MGL c.136, s. 6. According to Your Rights on the Job by Robert M. Schwartz, 4th ed. (Labor Guild of Boston, 2000) : “With the exception of retail stores (see below), employers do not have to pay overtime for Sunday work unless weekly hours exceed 40 or if overtime compensation on Sundays is required by union contract. Retail stores. Amendments in 1994 allow retail stores to open at any time on Sundays. The following rules apply: • Retail stores may not require employees to work on Sundays and may not take adverse actions against employees who decline work. • Non-managerial employees who work on Sundays must be paid time and one half wages, regardless of how many hours are worked during the week (this obligation does not apply to stores which employ seven or fewer persons, including the proprietor, on each day during the week) • Employees may not work seven consecutive days Complaints regarding Sunday work should be made to the Attorney General’s Fair Labor and Business Practices Di
See MGL c.136, s. 6. According to Your Rights on the Job by Robert M. Schwartz, 4th ed. (Labor Guild of Boston, 2000) : “With the exception of retail stores (see below), employers do not have to pay overtime for Sunday work unless weekly hours exceed 40 or if overtime compensation on Sundays is required by union contract. Retail stores. Amendments in 1994 allow retail stores to open at any time on Sundays. The following rules apply: • Retail stores may not require employees to work on Sundays and may not take adverse actions against employees who decline work. • Non-managerial employees who work on Sundays must be paid time and one half wages, regardless of how many hours are worked during the week (this obligation does not apply to stores which employ seven or fewer persons, including the proprietor, on each day during the week) • Employees may not work seven consecutive days Complaints regarding Sunday work should be made to the Attorney General’s Fair Labor and Business Practices Di
