Labor Law Requirements

• Fair Employment Law (Required)
• Workers’ Compensation (Required)
• Wage & Hour Laws (Required)
• Unemployment Insurance (Required)
• Sexual Harassment (Required)
• Fact Sheet on Parental Leave (Required)

• Family and Medical Leave (Required)
• Equal Employment Opportunity (Required)
• USERRA (Required)
• OSHA (Required)
• Federal Minimum Wage (Required)
• Polygraph Protection Test (Required)

Recent Changes

Unemployment Insurance - July 2011

Massachusetts has revised the schedule for calling in to file for unemployment claims. Part of this rescheduling eliminated Saturday from the schedule entirely. They also changed the name of the department over Unemployment Insurance from the Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development to The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Department of Unemployment Assistance.

Workers Compensation - April 2011

Non-substantive update to the website address listed on the notice.

Massachusetts No Smoking - January 2010

Massachusetts now requires a MA No Smoking poster under the Massachusetts Smoke-Free Workplace Law by order of: M.G.L. Chapter 270, Section 22. The poster includes the MA Department of Public Health contact information to report violations.
This was a Substantive change. A new Massachusetts No Smoking poster is required. MA No Smoking is a separate poster available in our Specialty Poster section and is NOT included on the MA All-In-One poster.

Unemployment Insurance - March 2009

Massachusetts has updated the Unemployment Insurance notice’s TELECLAIM section by adding a box with information for Social Security Numbers and the assigned days to call.

This was a Substantive change

Unemployment Insurance Coverage - January 2009

The Unemployment Insurance Coverage notice has been updated with non-substantive wording changes to the Teleclaim and Walk-In sections.