Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 21A (2026)

Powers of cities and towns; regulation of working conditions of employees

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Section 21A. A town by by-law and a city by ordinance, unless repugnant to the charter of such city, may establish the hours, days and weeks of work and the hours, days and weeks of leave without loss of pay, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, holiday leave, vacation leave and sick leave, for any or all employees of such town or city other than those appointed by the school committee; provided, that the number of working hours, days or weeks so established shall not exceed, and the number of hours, days or weeks of leave without loss of pay shall not be less than, the number prescribed by any general or special law applicable to such town or city on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-two.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1963–2010 · leading case: Jones v. Town of Wayland, 373 N.E.2d 199 (Mass. 1978).

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Jones v. Town of Wayland, 373 N.E.2d 199 (Mass. 1978). “, G. L. c. 40, § 21A; c. 41, §§ 96B, 108A, and 108C; c.”

Lemieux v. City of Holyoke, 740 F. Supp. 2d 246 (D. Mass. 2010). “41, § 108A, to establish their hours, days, and weeks of work, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 21A, and to opt among three methods of establishing their regular and overtime hours, Mass.”

Allen v. Town of Sterling, 329 N.E.2d 756 (Mass. 1975). “As to other municipal employees, see G. L. c. 40, § 21A; G. L. c. 41, § 111B. On occasion, however, we have held particular provisions for sick leave unreasonably generous and therefore invalid.”

O'Hanley v. City of Gloucester, 1993 Mass. App. Div. 119 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1993). “41, §108A, including sick leave benefits pursuant to G.L.c. 40, §21A. O’Hanley was classified as a “management employee,” under the Ordinance during his twenty year service with the City’s Department of Public Works.”

Cronin v. Fire Comm'r of Malden, 186 N.E.2d 923 (Mass. 1963). “354, which expressly changed the language of the city charter, G. L. c. 40, § 21A, includes the proviso “unless repugnant to the charter of such city.”

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