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Unused Personal Time Is “Wages” Under Massachusetts Wage Act

By Adam M. Hamel on January 29, 2013
Posted in Massachusetts, Wages

Judge Cornelius Moriarty of the Worcester Superior Court recently found that unused personal time is included within the definition of “wages” under the Massachusetts Wage Act, G.L. c. 149, § 148.

The case, Donna Byrnes v. Konstantina B. Lukes et al., (Docket No. WOCV200901403, Sept. 27, 2012), involved various claims arising out of…

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