Amendment ID: S2842-350

Amendment 350

Holiday Pay

Ms. Lovely and Mr. Tarr move that the proposed new text be amended by adding the following sections:-

SECTION XX. Section 13 of chapter 136 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence of the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- "Any retail establishment that operates on January first, or November eleventh, the second Monday in October, under the exemption granted by this section, shall compensate those employees working on any of said days at a rate specified under clause (50) of section 6 of this chapter or such larger sum as may be determined by contract; such work shall be voluntary and refusal to work for any retail establishment on such legal holidays shall not be grounds for discrimination, dismissal, discharge, reduction in hours, or any other penalty."

SECTION XX. Said section 13 of  said chapter 136 of the General Laws, as amended by section 35, is hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence of the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- "Any retail establishment that operates on January first, or November eleventh, the second Monday in October, under the exemption granted by this section, shall not require any employee to perform such work, and an employee's refusal to work for any retail establishment on such legal holidays shall not be grounds for discrimination, dismissal, discharge, reduction in hours, or any other penalty."