Bill > S1105

This bill amends Chapter 149 of the General Laws by deleting sections 183 and 184 and inserting a new section 183. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. It defines a "covered establishment" as any industrial, commercial, or healthcare facility that employs or has employed 100 or more persons in the preceding 12-month period. 2. It requires any employer who relocates or terminates a covered establishment to pay severance pay to eligible employees at a rate of at least one week's pay for each year of employment, unless the relocation is necessitated by a physical calamity, the employee accepts employment at the new location, or the employee has been employed for less than three years. 3. It allows employees or labor organizations to bring legal action against an employer to recover unpaid severance pay. 4. It requires any person proposing to relocate or terminate a covered establishment to notify the Secretary of Labor in writing at least 60 days prior to the relocation, with exceptions for physical calamities or unforeseen circumstances.

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1105