Massachusetts Labor Guidance
Free plain-English summaries of opinion letters, administrative policies, and interpretive notices from Massachusetts's labor agency, with the current status and the official source on every page.
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Courtesy shuttle time from an off-site parking lot to work is not compensable
An employer trade association asked DLS whether time employees spend riding a company-provided courtesy shuttle from an off-site parking lot to the workplace counts as compensable working time. DLS co…
Tiered travel-time stipend for trips outside the normal commuting area does not violate minimum wage law
An employer whose technicians travel from home to customer worksites in company vans asked DLS whether a proposed tiered travel-time stipend (paying more travel time the farther outside a 30-mile "nor…
Home-to-work travel in a company van isn't compensable if conditions are met
An employer whose field technicians travel from home to customer worksites in company-provided vans asked whether that home-to-work travel is compensable working time. DLS adopted the federal Portal-t…
Home health aide split shifts: off-duty gaps and inter-client travel
A home health agency asked about a split-shift aide who works 8-10 a.m., goes home, then returns for a 3-11 p.m. shift, and about a different aide who travels roughly 15 minutes between client visits …
Riding a company truck to a job site: three scenarios on compensable travel time
An employer whose workers travel to job sites that change daily asked about the compensability of riding in company trucks in three scenarios: optional rides straight to the job site, required trips t…
Client social events, sales-rep car travel, and same-day flights are compensable; overnight-stay air travel is not
A company whose non-exempt employees provide product support to pharmaceutical and medical device clients asked whether three kinds of travel are compensable: required client social events, car travel…
Optional chartered-boat commuting to an island job site isn't compensable
A general contractor planning an island construction project considered chartering a boat to ferry workers and materials from the mainland daily and asked whether the boat travel time would be compens…
Extra travel time to a reassigned work site is compensable, any length of assignment
An employer asked about two scenarios where hourly employees normally assigned to one office are required to report instead to a different office, sometimes exceeding their normal commute. DLS confirm…
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These are official interpretive documents from Massachusetts's labor agency: opinion letters answering questions from employers and workers, administrative policies, and interpretive notices. They show how the agency applies wage-and-hour and workplace law to real situations, but they are guidance, not statutes or court decisions, and the agency can supersede or withdraw them. Every page above shows the document's current status, when that status was last verified, and a link to the official source.