Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, § 7 (2026)

Posting notices setting forth excerpts of statute and other information; refusal to post

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Section 7. Every employer, employment agency, real estate agency, rental office, labor union, institutional creditor, proprietor of a business or of a place of public accommodation, or other person, corporation, or group subject to this chapter, shall post in a conspicuous place or places on his premises a notice to be prepared or approved by the commission, which shall set forth excerpts of this chapter and such other relevant information which the commission deems necessary to explain the chapter. Any employer, employment agency, real estate agency, rental office, labor union, institutional creditor, proprietor of a business or of a place of public accommodation, or other person, corporation, or group subject to this chapter, who refuses to comply with the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. A subsequent violation of this section by the same person, corporation, or group, if such violation occurs more than sixty days from a prior conviction for violation of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1982–2004 · leading case: Wheatley v. Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., 636 N.E.2d 265 (Mass. 1994).

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Wheatley v. Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., 636 N.E.2d 265 (Mass. 1994). “9 Because we conclude that the trial judge erred in allowing AT&T’s motion for summary judgment, we need not reach or decide the issue whether AT&T’s failure conspicuously to post notice of employee rights under G. L. c. 151B, § 7 (1992 ed.), tolled the limitations period.”

Wynn & Wynn, P.C. v. Massachusetts Comm'n against Discrimination, 729 N.E.2d 1068 (Mass. 2000). “Carmichael next contends that the statute of limitations should be equitably tolled because she was unaware of her statutory rights: there was no notice, she claims, displayed at the Wynn & Wynn offices as required by G.”

Diluzio v. United Elec., Radio & Mach. Wkrs. of Am., 435 N.E.2d 1027 (Mass. 1982). “150A, § 4B ("labor organization" commits unfair labor practice by refusing to bargain collectively); G.L.c. 151B, § 7 (penalties against "labor union" for failure to post certain notices).”

DiLuzio v. United Elec., Radio & Mach. Workers of Am., 435 N.E.2d 1027 (Mass. 1982). “150A, § 4B (“labor organization” commits unfair labor practice by refusing to bargain collectively); G. L. c. 151B, § 7 (penalties against “labor union” for failure to post certain notices).”

Cariglia v. Hertz Equip. Rental Corp., 343 F. Supp. 2d 50 (D. Mass. 2004). “The plaintiff also seeks punitive damages pursuant to Mass. Gen. L. ch. 151B § 7. In this case, however, the liability of HERC results from an expansion-—or at least a clarification—of the concept of employer liability under chapter 151B.”

Brienzo v. Town of Acushnet, 15 Mass. L. Rptr. 142 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2002). · cites it 3× “Brienzo fares better, however, on another aspect of the Town’s statute of limitations attack upon Count VII.”

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