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Can you summarize MGL Chapter 149, Section 156?
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES > Specifications and tickets; posting and attaching; contents; pick clocks; excess of maximum lengths; violation of statute
Short Summary
This section of the Massachusetts General Law applies to the occupiers or managers of textile factories. It mandates that specifications of the work and compensation rates must be posted in every room where employees work by the job. The specifications for weaving rooms must include details such as the intended and maximum length of a cut or piece, the count per inch of reed, the number of picks per inch, width of loom, width of cloth woven in the loom, and the price per cut or piece. Each warp must bear a designating ticket or mark of identification. In factories operating on a piece rate basis, pick clocks must be placed on each loom, and weavers must be paid according to the number of picks registered on the clock. Similar requirements exist for roving or spinning rooms and spooling rooms. The maximum length of a cut or piece must not exceed its intended length by more than three percent. Violation of this section can result in fines ranging from one hundred to five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.
Whom does it apply to?
Occupiers or managers of textile factories
What does it govern?
Posting of specifications and tickets in textile factories
What are exemptions?
No exemptions are mentioned.
What are the Penalties?
For the first offense: a fine of one hundred dollars, for the second offense: a fine of two hundred dollars, for a subsequent offense: a fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts