Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, § 111D (2026)

Vacations for police and firemen

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Section 111D. In any city or town which accepts this section, all members of its regular police or fire force may be granted a vacation without loss of pay. Such vacations shall be computed in the following manner:—

For five years' service, but less than ten years' service, a vacation of three weeks.

For ten years' service or more, a vacation of four weeks.

Section one hundred and eleven shall not apply to the members of the regular or permanent police or fire force in any such city or town.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1970–1980 · leading case: Yetman v. City of Cambridge, 389 N.E.2d 1022 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979).

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Yetman v. City of Cambridge, 389 N.E.2d 1022 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). · cites it 2× “epealed by the city’s acceptance of permissive legislation *702 regarding police vacations, but was effectively repealed by the city’s recodification of its ordinances in 1972, (2) that the 1972 recodification was properly enacted, and (3) any claims the plaintiffs may have had…”

Gurley v. Town of Bridgewater, 343 N.E.2d 887 (Mass. App. Ct. 1976). “That case dealt with the construction of G. L. c. 41, § 111D, a statutory source of vacation entitlement; the Supreme Judicial Court concluded that because there existed no Statewide uniformity as to what constituted a work week for police officers (see G.”

Shea v. City of Springfield, 391 N.E.2d 1253 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). · cites it 2× “Like Holyoke, Springfield has accepted the provisions of G. L. c. 41, § 111D, and G. L. c. 147, §§ 16C & 17, and under that configuration of applicable statutes the policemen are entitled, as the Holyoke case held, to the number of calendar weeks of vacation specified in G.”

McNamara v. Bd. of Selectmen, 361 N.E.2d 235 (Mass. App. Ct. 1977). · cites it 2× “The judge was correct in ruling that, under the plaintiffs’ employment contract with the town, which calls for two days off duty after each four days on duty, and the provisions of G. L. c. 41, § 111D, which the town has accepted, a police officer is not entitled to additional…”

Holyoke Police Relief Ass'n v. Mayor of Holyoke, 264 N.E.2d 694 (Mass. 1970). “The plaintiff sought an interpretation of G. L. c. 41, § 111D, 1 and c. 147, §§ 16C and 17, 2 which sections have been duly adopted by the city of Holyoke.”

Medfield Police League v. Bd. of Selectmen, 406 N.E.2d 1043 (Mass. App. Ct. 1980). · cites it 2× “350 (1970), that the Legislature, in providing for vacations measured in “weeks,” meant calendar weeks, and that police officers are entitled to the number of calendar weeks of vacation specified in G. L. c. 41, § 111D, in addition to the total *267 of 104 days off specified in…”

Flannery v. Town of Pembroke, 393 N.E.2d 431 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). “In Holyoke, the city had accepted G. L. c. 41, § 111D, a statutory provision applicable only to members of police and fire forces, as well as G.”

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