Massachusetts law about employment

For more specific employment topics, see these pages:

• Child labor
• Discrimination
• Employment leave
• Family and medical leave
• Hiring
• Hours and conditions of employment
• Independent contractors 
• Leave because of domestic violence
• Leave for jury duty
• Minimum wage
• Noncompetition agreements
• Parental (maternity and paternity) leave
• Privacy
• Sick leave
• Small necessities act leave
• Termination (firing & quitting)
• Time off to vote
• Unemployment
• Uniforms
• Unions and collective bargaining
• Vacation leave
• Wages and salary
• Workers' compensation

Print sources

Create your own employee handbook : a legal & practical guide for employers by Lisa Guerin, Nolo, 2021.

Dealing with problem employees : how to manage performance & personality issues in the workplace by Amy DelPo, Nolo, 2019.

Drafting employment documents in Massachusetts, MCLE, loose-leaf. 

The employer's legal handbook : how to manage your employees & workplace by Fred S. Steingold, Nolo, 2019.

The essential guide to federal employment laws by Lisa Guerin, Nolo, 2019

Labor and employment in Massachusetts, 2nd edition, Lexis, loose-leaf.

The manager's legal handbook by Lisa Guerin, Nolo, 2020.

Massachusetts employment law, 5th edition, MCLE, 2 v. loose-leaf

Employment law (Massachusetts practice v.45-45A), 3rd edition, Thomson Reuters, with supplement

What to do about personnel problems in Massachusetts, BLR, loose-leaf.

Your rights in the workplace by Sachi Barreiro, Nolo, 2018.

Last updated:	April 7, 2022