Workplace Rights Forms and Publications
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Guide to Workplace Rights and Responsibilities
English brochure:
- Attorney General’s Guide to Workplace Rights and Responsibilities (PDF)
- Attorney General’s Guide to Workplace Rights and Responsibilities (RTF)
Foreign-language brochures:
- Guia di Direitos e Responsabilidadis na Local di Trabadjo (PDF) (Cape Verdean)
- 工作场所权利与 责任指南 (PDF) (Chinese)
- Gid sou Dwa ak Responsabilite nan Travay (PDF) (Haitian)
- Guide to Workplace Rights and Responsibilities (PDF) (Khmer)
- Guia sobre Direitos e Responsabilidades no Ambiente de Trabalho (PDF) (Portuguese)
- Пособие: права и обязанности на рабочем месте (PDF) (Russian)
- Guía sobre Derechos y Responsabilidades en el Lugar de Trabajo (PDF) (Spanish)
- Hướng dẫn về các quyền lợi và nghĩa vụ nơi làm việc (PDF) (Vietnamese)
Non-Payment of Wage and Workplace Complaint
English Form:
- Non-Payment of Wage and Workplace Complaint Form (PDF)
- Non-Payment of Wage and Workplace Complaint Form (RTF)
Portuguese Form and Instructions:
- Instruções de Queixa de Salário Forma; Formulário de Queixa Trabalhista (PDF)
- Instruções de Queixa de Salário Forma; Formulário de Queixa Trabalhista (RTF)
Spanish Form and Instructions:
- Instrucciones para El Formulario de Queja; Queja de los Salarios Impagados (PDF)
- Instrucciones para El Formulario de Queja; Queja de los Salarios Impagados (RTF)
Chinese Form:
- Non-Payment of Wage and Workplace Complaint Form (PDF) (Chinese)
- Non-Payment of Wage and Workplace Complaint Form (RTF) (Chinese)
Prevailing Wage Complaint
English Form:
Portuguese Form and Instructions:
- Instruções de Queixa de Salário Forma; Predominante Forma de Queixa de Índice de Salário (PDF)
- Instruções de Queixa de Salário Forma; Predominante Forma de Queixa de Índice de Salário (RTF)
Spanish Form and Instructions:
- Instrucciones para El Formulario de Queja; Queja del Salario Prevaleciente (PDF)
- Instrucciones para El Formulario de Queja; Queja del Salario Prevaleciente (RTF)
Child Labor Complaint
English Form:
Spanish Form:
Portuguese Form:
Youth Employment
Employment Permit Application for 14 through 17 Year-Olds (PDF)
Labor Lowdown Campaign 2007:
- Late Night car card (PDF)
- Work Hazards car card (PDF)
- Minimum Wage car card (PDF)
- Locking Up car card (PDF)
Child Labor Bulletin for the 2007 Winter Holiday Season (PDF)
Youth Employment Outreach 2008:
- "Do You Work?" poster (PDF)
- "Você trabalha?" (PDF) ("Do You Work?" poster, Portuguese)
- "¿Trabajas?" (PDF) ("Do You Work?" poster, Spanish)
- Letter to Parents/Guardians (PDF)
- Youth Employment Laws Fact Sheet (PDF)
Wage and Hour Poster
Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws (PDF)
Leyes respecto a los salarios y horarios de Massachusetts (PDF) (Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws, Spanish)
Leis salariais de Massachusetts (PDF) (Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws, Portuguese)
Advisories
Advisory on the Massachusetts Independent Contractor/Misclassification Law:
- "An Advisory from the Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division on M.G.L. c. 149, s. 148B," 2008/1 (PDF)
- "An Advisory from the Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division on M.G.L. c. 149, s. 148B," 2008/1 (RTF)
Advisory on Wages and Tips:
- "An Advisory from the Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division on an Act Protecting the Wages and Tips of Certain Employees," 2004/3 (PDF)
- "An Advisory from the Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division on an Act Protecting the Wages and Tips of Certain Employees," 2004/3 (RTF)
Advisory on Vacation Policies:
- "An Advisory from the Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division on Vacation Policies," 1999/1 (PDF)
- "An Advisory from the Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division on Vacation Policies," 1999/1 (RTF)
Advisory on Small Necessities Leave:
- "An Advisory from the Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division on an Act Providing Employees Leave for Certain Family Obligations," 1998/1 (PDF)
- "An Advisory from the Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division on an Act Providing Employees Leave for Certain Family Obligations," 1998/1 (RTF)
Advisory on the OSHA 10 Act:
- An Advisory from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division on Chapter 306 of the Acts of 2004, An Act Relative to the Health and Safety on Public Construction Projects, 2008/2 (PDF)
- An Advisory from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division on Chapter 306 of the Acts of 2004, An Act Relative to the Health and Safety on Public Construction Projects, 2008/2 (RTF)