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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, § 112 (2026)

Preference in public employment

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Section 112. In towns and regional school districts in which the provisions of chapter thirty-one and the rules governing the civil service have not been applied to the labor service, the city councils, the selectmen and the regional district school committees shall take any necessary action to secure the employment of veterans, as defined in clause Forty-third of section seven of chapter four, in the labor service of their respective cities, towns and districts in preference to all other persons.

In regional school districts in which the provisions of said chapter thirty-one and the rules governing the civil service have not been applied to custodian and janitorial services, the regional district school committees shall take any necessary action to secure the employment of veterans, as so defined, in preference to all other persons.

The second paragraph of this section shall take effect in a regional school district upon its acceptance by vote of the regional district school committee.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1931–1937 · leading case: Canty v. City Council of Lawrence, 175 N.E. 481 (Mass. 1931).
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Canty v. City Council of Lawrence, 175 N.E. 481 (Mass. 1931). · cites it 2× “The single justice declined to grant two of the petitioner’s requests to the effect that he was competent to perform the work for which he was employed and it was the legislative intent that he should have the employment as long as he was ready and willing to perform the labor…”
Malloy v. Mayor of Peabody, 12 N.E.2d 197 (Mass. 1937). · cites it 2× “” The city has taken no action relative to the provisions of G. L. c. 41, § 112, unless by the following order of the city council dated March 11, 1937: “Ordered: That the Commissioner of Public Works return to their former positions in the labor service of the City of Peabody,…”
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