Dear Compliance Man:<\/p>\n
My boss has a habit of paying us late. Is there anything we can do?<\/p>\n
–Overdue in Otis<\/p>\n
Dear Overdue:<\/p>\n
Your boss may be late with the checks, but he\u2019s on time when it comes to breaking the law.<\/p>\n
Under Massachusetts law, late payment of wages is NOT allowed. Chapter 149, Section 148<\/a> of the state\u2019s general code says that workers like you MUST be paid every two weeks. Employers who fail to deliver the checks on time are breaking the law and can be sued for back wages.<\/p>\n If you think you may have a case, call us at \u00a01-877-507-3247, email us at\u00a0info@ffcm.org<\/a>, or fill out\u00a0this electronic form<\/a>. It\u2019s free and confidential.<\/p>\n For more commonly asked Compliance Man questions, visit the\u00a0Compliance Man archives<\/a>. Send your question to\u00a0info@ffcm.org<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Compliance Man: My boss has a habit of paying us late. Is there anything we can do? –Overdue in Otis Dear Overdue: Your boss may be late with the checks, but he\u2019s on time when it comes to breaking the law. Under Massachusetts law, late payment of wages is NOT allowed. Chapter 149, Section […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[44,50,30],"class_list":["post-795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compliance-man","tag-ma-general-laws","tag-paycheck","tag-wages","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465,"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions\/1465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ffcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}