{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-45","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 45","heading":"Work on holidays","body":"Section 45. Whoever requires an employee to work in any mill or factory on any legal holiday, except to perform such work as is both absolutely necessary and can lawfully be performed on Sunday, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifteen hundred dollars.","path":["Part I","Title XXI","Chapter 149"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter149/Section45","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:28Z","sha256":"0a367cf7297326e0bf6208386ebc6223cf7550340fc6cdd3697138969013503a","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-44d1-2","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-149-46"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}