{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-159","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 159","heading":"Discharge of employee without notice","body":"Section 159. A person engaged in manufacturing who requires from his employees, under penalty or forfeiture of a part of the wages earned by them, a notice of intention to leave such employ shall be liable to a like forfeiture, if, without similar notice, he discharges an employee.","path":["Part I","Title XXI","Chapter 149"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter149/Section159","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:30Z","sha256":"fe749fec0b307a2438c4c8bd81d44c393d5fb747bb4333b8562a1cfa62844c69","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-158a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-159a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}