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Summary of differences between federal and state regulations
The federal law does not spell out actual hours that must be worked in a work day. Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the workweek ordinarily includes all the time during which an employee is required to be:
- On the employer's premises,
- On duty, or
- At a prescribed work place.
The Massachusetts attorney general may grant authority for office workers to exceed nine hours of work per day, provided that the hours do not exceed 48 in a week.
The state's definitions for hours worked are similar to the federal provisions, with the following notable exceptions:
Reporting Pay. When an employee who is scheduled to work three or more hours reports for duty at the time set by the employer, and that employee is not provided with the expected hours of work, the employee shall be paid for at least three hours on such day at no less than the basic minimum wage.
Travel time. If an employee who regularly works at a fixed location is required to report to a location other than his or her regular work site, the employee shall be compensated for all travel time in excess of his or her ordinary travel time between home and work and shall be reimbursed for associated transportation expenses. If an employer requires an employee to report to a location other than the work site or to report to a specified location to take transportation, compensable work time begins at the reporting time and includes subsequent travel to and from the work site. An employee required or directed to travel from one place to another after the beginning of or before the close of the work day shall be compensated for all travel time and shall be reimbursed for all transportation expenses.
State
Contact
Massachusetts Department of Labor and Workforce Development Division of Occupational Safety
Regulations
Minimum Wage Regulations 454 CMR 27
www.mass.gov/lwd/labor-standards/minimum-wage/statutes-and-regs/
Part I. Administration of the Government
Title XXI. Labor and Industries
Chapter 149. Labor and Industries
Work By Women And Children
Chapter 149: Section 56 Hours of work; posting notices; making up time lost by stoppage of machinery; employment by shifts; minors employed on farms
The attorney general may grant authority for office workers to exceed nine hours of labor in any one day; provided, that the hours of labor of such workers shall not exceed forty-eight in a week.
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter149/Section56
Minimum Wage Regulations 454 CMR 27
https://roar-assets-auto.rbl.ms/documents/14553/454cmr27.pdf
Federal
Contact
The Department of Labor is the federal agency that monitors hours worked.
Regulations
U.S. labor regulations for hours worked can be found in CFR 29: