News and Announcements

For Department of Labor Standards

Report Highlights Office’s Work with Communities to Improve Asbestos Safety and Enforcement in Massachusetts

To address the prevailing wage rate classification for trimming public trees and to review the Department’s Opinion Letters Dated March 13, 2014, January 25, 1995, November 1, 1999 and February 2, 2005.

To address the prevailing wage rate classification for drawbridge operators on public construction sites and to review the Department’s Opinion Letter PW-December 5, 2014.

Notice of Public Hearing regarding the adoption of a new regulation, 454 CMR 30.00 - Professional Employer Organizations or PEOs

Notice of Public Hearing regarding a proposed amendment to 454 CMR 25.00 to adopt OSHA-level safety and health standards for public workplaces.

Permits for Holiday Openings -Thankgiving/Christmas 2018

Statewide Approval for Early Openings on Columbus & Veterans Day 2018

Learn more about the hazards of lead

New law: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights