Massachusetts Minimum Wage Law
Effective January 1, 2008, the minimum wage in Massachusetts is $8.00 per hour ($7.50 per hour for 2007). Coverage is extended to agricultural employees at a minimum hourly rate of $1.60.
Covered by Massachusetts minimum wage law are all occupations, excluding professional service; outside sales work regularly performed away from employer's place of business; work by persons being rehabilitated or trained in charitable, educational or religious institutions and work by members of religious orders.
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