Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 100 (2026)
Hours of work without interval for meal; duration; violation of statute
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Section 100. No person shall be required to work for more than six hours during a calendar day without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a meal. Any employer, superintendent, overseer or agent who violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred nor more than six hundred dollars.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2006–2024 · leading case: Salvas v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 452 Mass. 337 (Mass. 2008).
Salvas v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 452 Mass. 337 (Mass. 2008). “The plaintiffs’ allegation that Wal-Mart deprived class members of their meal periods comprised two legal claims: a statutory claim, based on G. L. c. 149, § 100, 69 and a contract claim.”
Ives Camargo's Case., 96 N.E.3d 673 (Mass. 2018). “See G. L. c. 149, §§ 100, 148, 150A. As originally drafted, the independent contractor statute was limited to G.”
Vitali v. Reit Mgmt. & Rsch., LLC, 36 N.E.3d 64 (Mass. App. Ct. 2015). “9 Pursuant to G. L. c. 149, § 100, employers are required to provide employees who work at least six-hour shifts a one-half hour lunch break.”
Crowe v. Examworks, Inc., 136 F. Supp. 3d 16 (D. Mass. 2015). “2d 1187 , 1216-17 (2008); Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 100 . .The defendants contend that only 17 of these individuals qualify for the class, because 29 of the listed class members had supervisors who never engaged in the improper practices the plaintiffs allege, and one of the…”
Knidel v. T.N.Z., Inc., 211 F. Supp. 3d 382 (D. Mass. 2016). “151B, § 4 (“Chapter 151B”) and the Massachusetts Wage Law (“MWL”), Mass. Gen.L. ch. 149, §§ 100 and 148 and.”
O'BRIEN v. Town of Agawam, 482 F. Supp. 2d 115 (D. Mass. 2007). “Second, although a Massachusetts statute does prohibit an employer from requiring an employee “to work for more than six hours during a calendar day without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a meal,” Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 100 , there is no indication, in the…”
Massachusetts Delivery Ass'n v. Healey, 117 F. Supp. 3d 86 (D. Mass. 2015). “Mass. Gen. L. c. 149, § 100. Xpress-man contends that its routes requiring more than six consecutive hours of driving would have to be modified.”
Drexler v. Tel Nexx, Inc., 125 F. Supp. 3d 361 (D. Mass. 2015). “2d 1187 , 1215-16 (2008) (engaging in identical analysis in holding that there is no private right of action for Mass. Gen. Laws c. 149, § 100). Nor can Mr.”
Polion v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 22 Mass. L. Rptr. 31 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2006). “See G.L.c. 149, §100 (“No person shall be required to work for more than six hours during a calendar day without an interval of at least thirty minutes for a meal”).”
Bradley v. Quincy Cmty. Action Programs, Inc., 119 N.E.3d 355 (Mass. App. Ct. 2018). “Bradley alleges that the defendants terminated her employment because she asserted her rights and those of her staff under G. L. c. 149, § 100, for a meal break. 5 We agree that summary judgment was proper but for reasons slightly different than those relied on by the judge.”
Awadh v. Tourneau, INC (D. Mass. 2018). “151B (“Chapter 151B”) and Mass. Gen. L. c. 149, § 100 (“Chapter 149”).”
Gordon v. AstraZeneca AB, 199 F. Supp. 3d 325 (D. Mass. 2016). “\ the state meal-break law, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, §§ 100 , 101; and the state overtime law, Mass.”
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