Massachusetts Overtime Pay Law

Employers in Massachusetts must conform with these state rules regarding overtime pay for employees.

In Massachusetts, for a workweek in excess of 40 hours, employees must be paid one and one-half times their regular rate.

Tipped employees must be paid one and one-half times the applicable minimum wage rate.

Exemptions From the General Overtime Provision

The following are exempt from the overtime pay requirements:

• janitors with living quarters who earn a minimum amount per week
• caddies and newspaper carriers
• certain executives or executive trainees
• outside salespersons
• apprentices and learners
• fishermen
• switchboard operators in a public exchange
• motor vehicle drivers under the Interstate Commerce Commission
• seasonal employees
• seamen
• certain persons who work in motels, restaurants, nonprofit summer camps, garages, amusement parks, hospitals, homes for the aged
• nonprofit school employees
• common carriers licensed and regulated by Massachusetts
• farm laborers
• child actors or performers
• employers exempt from state minimum wage requirements