Mass-Peculiarities: An Employers Guide to Wage & Hour Law in the Bay State 2022 Edition

12 | Massachusetts Wage & Hour Peculiarities, 2022 ed. © 2022 Seyfarth Shaw LLP Retail Establishments – Holiday Requirements Is Premium Pay Required? Can Employer Require Employee to Work? Is Permit Required for Operation? Martin Luther King Jr. Day Presidents Day Evacuation Day * Patriots Day * Bunker Hill Day * Not Required † May Require Employee to Work † Not Required New Year’s Day Columbus Day after 12 p.m. Veterans Day after 1 p.m. Juneteenth Independence Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Required, but being phased out May Not Require Employee to Work Not Required Columbus Day before 12 p.m. Veterans Day before 1 p.m. Required, but being phased out May Not Require Employee to Work Required †† Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day ** Not Required May Not Require Employee to Work Required, but the practice is to not allow retail stores to be open †† * These holidays are observed only in Suffolk County. ** Retail stores may not open on Christmas Day if Christmas occurs on a Sunday. † These holidays are not subject to M.G.L. ch. 136, § 5. †† Both statewide DLS approval and a local police permit are required. 40 40 See A.G. Blue Laws Overview, supra note 25.