Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 150A, as appearing in the 1986 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 150A. Every person making deductions from the wages of any employee for social security, unemployment compensation benefits, pension, vacation or health and welfare funds, and every person engaged in contracting or sub-contracting, highway or building construction projects or public works construction who is party to an agreement to make contributions for unemployment compensation benefits, pension, vacation or health and welfare funds or apprentice training programs for the benefit of any employee, or who is required to make such contributions to such funds or programs or payments directly to the employee under the provisions of section twenty-seven, and which contributions or payments are computed on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis, when requested by the employee or his representative, shall notify in writing such employee of the amounts and nature of such deductions or contributions at the time of the payment of the wages from which such deductions are made and in the case of contributions at the time when such contributions are made; provided, however, that a new employee shall be notified in writing at the time of the first payment of his wages about the nature of such deductions and contributions; and provided, further, that all employees shall be notified in writing at the initial time of any new deduction or contribution from the wages about the nature of such deductions and contributions.