{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-32-78a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, § 78A","heading":"Laborers subject to provisions; continuity of service","body":"Section 78A. No laborer whose employment begins after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall be subject to the provisions of section seventy-seven, seventy-seven D or seventy-eight. Wherever in said section seventy-seven, seventy-seven D or seventy-eight a number of years of service is specified as a requirement of eligibility to receive a pension, such service need not be continuous.","path":["Part I","Title IV","Chapter 32"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIV/Chapter32/Section78A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:19Z","sha256":"ae5677b82912d98a9d0b26949826e4b2297aae12c3d66fae0c7f451ad4d66d55","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-32-78","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-32-79"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}