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Employment

Application for authority to employ workers with disabilities at subminimum wages, U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division.

Conflict of interest law disclosure forms for state, county and municipal employees filed with the State Ethics Commission.

Department of Industrial Accidents forms
Forms for dealing with workers' compensation and the Department of Industrial Accidents.

On May 6, 2025, the Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) will launch a new system called Unemployment Services for Workers, replacing the current UI Online system. The old website will be taken down on May 1st, 2025, and the new website will go live on May 6th, 2025.

Minimum wage and overtime waivers, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

Public employer forms, Mass. Department of Labor Relations.

Private employer forms, Mass. Department of Labor Relations.

Complaints

File a civil rights complaint, Mass. Office of the Attorney General.

File a claim of discrimination, Mass. Commission Against Discrimination. 
Includes other types of workplace discrimination.

File a workplace complaint, Mass. Office of the Attorney General.
Includes online forms for filing complaints for nonpayment of wage, child labor, domestic violence leave, prevailing wage, overtime and Sunday/holiday pay transgressions, and employment discrimination complaints. Workers also have the "private right of action". See also the Attorney General's page on Workers' right to sue.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity public portal
“Filing with EEOC” to file a Charge of Discrimination against an employer for disability discrimination.

New employees

Form I-9: Employment eligibility verification form and handbook with instructions for employers, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Form M-4: Massachusetts employee's withholding exemption certificate, Mass. Department of Revenue.

Form NHR: New hire and independent contractor reporting form and information & instructions, Mass. Department of Revenue.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) forms and instructions

Entertainment

Minors

Court form: Petition for approval of entertainment contract for a minor and appointment of a limited guardian

See also: Child labor.

Filming in Massachusetts

Department of Revenue forms

Production registration form, Mass. Film Office.

Environment

Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) permit applications

Estate recovery

Estate recovery hardship waiver request form, MassHealth.

Estate recovery application form for exemption of certain assets for American Indians and Alaska Natives, MassHealth.

Eviction

To evict a tenant

Court forms for eviction, including Affidavit of Compliance.

See also Notice to Quit

Eviction defense forms

Housing, Court Forms Online, Suffolk University Law School Legal Innovation and Technology Lab.
Answer questions to generate forms related housing, including eviction.

Massachusetts Defense for Eviction (MADE)
A free tool to help tenants defend against an eviction in court. Available in multiple languages.

Booklets that contain sample forms and checklists from Mass. Legal Help. Includes:

  • Protecting Yourself in an Eviction
  • Housing Code Checklist
  • The Answer
  • Late Answer & Discovery
  • Discovery
  • Tenant Foreclosure Discovery
  • Transfer
  • Removing Default
  • Appeals
  • Stays (To get more time to move)
  • Affidavit of Indigency
  • Negotiating a Settlement of Your Case
  • Error Correction Form

Other landlord-tenant forms

Housing forms, checklist, and letters (samples), Mass. Legal Help.

Expungement

See Criminal records.

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

FMLA forms, U.S. Department of Labor.
Required notice and certification forms.

See Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) for forms concerning Massachusetts’s paid family leave law.

Firearms

Firearms forms and applications, Executive Office of Public Safety. 
Forms necessary for permits, transfers and more.

Firearms transaction record, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Fishing

See Hunting and fishing.

Freedom of information

Sample public records request letter, Mass. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Fully automated fill-in-the blanks FOI letter generator, Student Press Law Center.

Gambling

Voluntary self-exclusion, Mass. Gaming Commission.
Forms used to voluntarily excuse oneself from gaming, sports wagering, or both.

Grandparent visitation

Court forms:

Guardianship, conservatorship and caregivers

Court forms:

Harassment

Court forms:

See also Sexual harassment.

Health care proxy/living will

Court forms: Probate and Family court forms for health care proxy

Massachusetts health care proxy, Caring Info.
Includes instructions, form, and additional information on organ donation.

Massachusetts health care proxy information and forms, Mass. Medical Society.

Living will

According to Mass. Medical Society:

"Massachusetts is one of only three states that recognizes Health Care Proxies but does not recognize Living Wills. Living Wills are still potentially useful because they guide Agents and physicians about the types of choices a person would make."

Personal directive, Honoring Choices Massachusetts. 

Personal wishes statement, Central Mass. Partnership to Improve Care at the End of Life.

Massachusetts Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)

MOLST forms and instructions, Mass. Department of Public Health.

Health information privacy

Authorization for release of information, Mass. Department of Public Health.

Health information privacy complaint form, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Homestead

Declaration of homestead for homes owned by natural persons, Mass. Secretary of Commonwealth. 

Declaration of homestead for homes owned by trustee(s), Mass. Secretary of Commonwealth. 

Housing

Court forms:

File a complaint involving a gas, electric, or water company, Mass. Department of Public Utilities.

Housing, Court Forms Online, Suffolk University Law School Legal Innovation and Technology Lab. 
Answer questions and generate forms for housing matters. Includes temporary restraining orders, security deposit demand letter, and more.

See also Landlord-Tenant.

Hunting and fishing

MassFishHunt, Mass. Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.
Buy a license, report a harvest, and manage your account in this online portal. For more information, see “Buy Fishing or Hunting Licenses”.

Contact

Online

Library locations and phone numbers 
Chat with a law librarian online 
Email a reference librarian: Email Trial Court Law Libraries at lawlibraries@jud.state.ma.us
Last updated: March 6, 2025

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