Please save this calendar of holidays and holiday hours for 2008 and share it with your licensees. If there are any questions, please call the ABCC.
1.All licensees MAY sell or deliver alcoholic beverages on the following holidays:
| New Year’s Day |
Tuesday, January 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Monday, January 21 |
| Presidents’ Day |
Monday, February 18 |
| Evacuation Day* |
Monday, March 17 |
| Patriots’ Day |
Monday, April 21 |
| Bunker Hill Day* |
Tuesday, June 17 |
| Independence Day |
Friday, July 4 |
| Labor Day |
Monday, September 1 |
| Columbus Day |
Monday, October 13 |
| Veterans’ Day |
Tuesday, November 11 |
* Holiday in Suffolk County only
Package stores MAY remain open until 11:30 p.m. on the day immediately beforethese holidays.
2.Package stores, manufactures*, wholesalers and importers* MAY NOT sell or deliver alcoholic beverages on the following holidays:
| Memorial Day |
Monday, May 26 |
| Thanksgiving Day* |
Thursday, November 27 |
| Christmas Day |
Thursday, December 25 |
* Except to Section 14 licensees
Hotels, restaurants, taverns and clubs MAY sell alcoholic beverages during the
regular hours on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 27, 2008.
Registered pharmacists MAY NOT sell alcoholic beverages (or alcohol) at any
time during the day except upon the prescription of a registered physician on all
mentioned holidays.
SUNDAY SALES BY SECTION 15 LICENSEES
ANNUALLY ON A STATEWIDE BASIS
Effective April 5, 2004, pursuant to the provisions of Acts 2004, Chapter 65, Sections 21 and 22, any Section 15 (off-premise) licensee may make sales on Sundays, subject to the conditions that: there shall be no sales prior to the hour of 12:00 noon; that establishments which employ more than 7 persons shall compensate all employees a rate of not less than one and one-half of the employee’s regular rate; no employee shall be required to work on a Sunday and refusal to work on a Sunday shall not be grounds for discrimination, dismissal, discharge, deduction of hours or any other penalty. No additional permit or approval is required any longer from the local licensing authority. A municipality may prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays annually by Section 15 (off-premise) licensees by vote of the City Council or Board of Selectmen.
Any Section 15 (off-premise) licensee that conducts business on a Sunday as provided by the law may cease the conduct of business on 1 day of the week notwithstanding the provisions of Section 77 of Chapter 138. M.G.L. c.138, s.33(c), as inserted by Acts 2003, Chapter 141, Section 32. |
