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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23, § 1 (2026)

Executive office of labor and workforce development created; adoption of regulations; constituent departments

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Section 1. There shall be an executive office of labor and workforce development, which shall be under the supervision and control of a secretary of labor and workforce development, appointed by the governor. The secretary of labor and workforce development may, pursuant to chapter 30A, adopt regulations for the implementation or interpretation of any law enforced or administered by any department, office, agency, or other entity in the executive office of labor and workforce development. In the executive office shall be the department of unemployment assistance, the department of career services, the department of industrial accidents, the department of labor standards, the department of family and medical leave and the department of labor relations. Each department shall be headed by a director and each department may, with the approval of the secretary of labor and workforce development, adopt regulations under chapter 30A. The executive office shall be organized and shall function as a single state agency with the authority and control for administrative purposes including, but not limited to, for the purposes of the accounting and financial system of the commonwealth. The secretary shall, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, identify and consolidate administrative activities and functions common to the separate offices, departments and divisions within the office and may designate such functions ''core administrative functions' in order to improve administrative efficiency and preserve fiscal resources; provided, however, that common functions that shall be designated core administrative functions shall include, but shall not be limited to, human resources, financial management, information technology, legal, procurement and asset management.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1926–2022 · leading case: Elec. Data Sys. Corp. v. Attorney Gen., 907 N.E.2d 635 (Mass. 2009).
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Elec. Data Sys. Corp. v. Attorney Gen., 907 N.E.2d 635 (Mass. 2009). “” When Advisory 99/1 was issued, substantially similar language was codified at G. L. c. 23, § 1 (b), as appearing in St.”
Bradley v. Bd. of Zoning Adjustment, 150 N.E. 892 (Mass. 1926). “560, § 79, and of employers and employees, G. L. c. 23, § 1, and of territorial divisions of the Commonwealth, G.”
Lighthouse Masonry, Inc. v. Div. of Admin. Law Appeals, 466 Mass. 692 (Mass. 2013). “See G. L. c. 23, § 1, as amended through St. 2011, c.”
Turner Fisheries, Inc. v. Seafood Workers Union I.L.A. 1572-2, 471 N.E.2d 770 (Mass. App. Ct. 1984). “See G. L. c. 23, §§ 1,7. The Board could sit as a tripartite panel on arbitration matters, or the chairman could designate the neutral member of the Board or appoint a nonmember of the Board to sit and act as a single arbitrator.”
Joshua Rego & Others v. Allied Waste Servs. of Massachusetts, LLC., 184 N.E.3d 1284 (Mass. App. Ct. 2022). “151, § 111; G. L. c. 23, § 1. The Department of Labor Standards is an agency within that office.”
Elec. Data Sys. Corp. v. Off. of the Attorney Gen., 15 Mass. L. Rptr. 689 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2002). “” G.L.c. 23, §1 (1994 ed. & 2000 Supp.). The EDS policy also appears internally inconsistent on its face.”
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