Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 150C (2026)

Improper expenditure of withholdings or deductions from wages; penalties

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Section 150C. Any person having employees in his service who withholds or deducts wages from employees for the purpose of purchasing or contributing toward the purchase of a blanket or general policy of insurance pursuant to section one hundred and ten of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and who fails to purchase such coverage or keep such coverage in force shall be punished by one or any combination of the following: by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than six months, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, by being required to reimburse employees for any wages withheld or deducted that were not put toward the use for which they were withheld or deducted, or by being required to pay for all costs incurred by an employee that would have been paid for or reimbursed by insurance if such insurance coverage had been in force.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1993–2019 · leading case: Cook v. Patient Edu, LLC, 20 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 1608 (Mass. 2013).

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Cook v. Patient Edu, LLC, 20 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 1608 (Mass. 2013). · cites it 3× “That statute sanctions employers who deduct sums from their employees’ wages in order to purchase a group health insurance policy, but fail to maintain coverage for those employees.”

Nahigian v. Leonard, 233 F. Supp. 2d 151 (D. Mass. 2002). · cites it 2× “Nahigian states that these second and third claims violate Mass. Gen. L. ch. 149, § 150C, which makes it a crime to take money from employees for the purposes of buying insurance and then not actually purchasing the insurance.”

Commonwealth v. Cintolo, 613 N.E.2d 509 (Mass. 1993). · cites it 3× “Taylor sought process by criminal complaint against C & M and the defendant for violation of G. L. c. 149, § 150C (1990 ed.), which provides criminal penalties against “[a]ny person having employees .”

Donis v. Am. Waste Servs., LLC, 125 N.E.3d 759 (Mass. App. Ct. 2019). “The court in Cintolo held that the president of a *331 corporation could not be held criminally liable under G. L. c. 149, § 150C, a wage statute that does not contain a corporate officer liability provision.”

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