{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-24a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 24A","heading":"Dismissal or refusal to employ certain persons on account of age; penalty","body":"Section 24A. Whoever dismisses from private sector employment any person over the age of forty, or refuses to employ such person because of his age, except as permitted by subsection 17 of section 4 of chapter one hundred and fifty-one B, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.","path":["Part I","Title XXI","Chapter 149"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter149/Section24A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:27Z","sha256":"8fdc4a6634aed77ba6f59ff6e1eed260ce797b1fe78e4b55141ea390941a3988","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-24","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-24b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}