Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, § 108D (2026)
Fire fighters; minimum annual compensation
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Section 108D. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-three A of chapter forty-four and any other general or special law to the contrary, the minimum annual compensation of each permanent fire fighter in the fire department of any city or town, except one who by virtue of section sixty-one of chapter thirty-one is not regarded as a tenured employee, shall be not less than fifty-five hundred dollars. This section shall become effective when accepted in a city having a plan E charter by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the city council, and, in the case of other cities by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of the charter, and in a town by a majority vote at a town meeting.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1961–1976 · leading case: Labor Relations Comm'n v. Town of Natick, 339 N.E.2d 900 (Mass. 1976).
Labor Relations Comm'n v. Town of Natick, 339 N.E.2d 900 (Mass. 1976). “, G. L. c. 41, §§ 108D, 108E, 108F, and 108G, concerning minimum annual salaries for fire fighters and police officers, respectively, and G.”
Oleksak v. City of Westfield, 172 N.E.2d 85 (Mass. 1961). “We do so without reliance upon GL L. c. 41, § 108D, inserted by St. 1960, c.”
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