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

Table of Contents (con’t) Page viii | Massachusetts Wage & Hour Peculiarities, 2022 ed. © 2022 Seyfarth Shaw LLP VIII. Tips and Service Charges ..........................................................................................127 A. Definition of a Tip or Service Charge .............................................................128 B. The Sharing of Tips and Service Charges........................................................130 C. “No Tipping” Policies ....................................................................................133 D. Mandatory Pooling of Tips and Service Charges .............................................134 E. The Tip Credit and Service Rate.....................................................................135 F. Liability for Violations ...................................................................................136 G. Penalties for Violations ..................................................................................137 IX. Posting Requirements ................................................................................................137 A. General Wage and Hour Notices.....................................................................138 B. Posting Days of Rest and Sunday Work ..........................................................138 C. Posting Work Hours for Minor Employees......................................................139 D. Posting the Special Minimum Wage Paid to Employees with Disabilities.........139 X. Wage Assignments ....................................................................................................140 XI. Garnishments ............................................................................................................141 A. Calculating Garnishments Under Massachusetts Law and the CCPA ...............142 B. Garnishments for Support Orders....................................................................143 C. Additional Protections for Members of the Military.........................................144 D. Terminating Employees Subject to Garnishments............................................144 XII. Classifying Workers as Independent Contractors ........................................................145 A. The Massachusetts ABC Test for Independent Contractors ..............................147 1. Level of Control Exercised by Employer .............................................147 2. Services Provided Are Outside the Usual Course of Business ...............149 3. Independent Trade , Occupation, Profession, or Business ......................153 B. Real Estate Brokers Are Exempt from the ABC Test.......................................154 C. Liability for Misclassification as an Independent Contractor ............................154 XIII. Other Miscellaneous Massachusetts Laws..................................................................156 A. Massachusetts Personnel Records Law ...........................................................156 B. Temporary Workers Right to Know Law ........................................................158