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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title XXI LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
  4. Chapter 149 LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
  5. Section 24A Dismissal or refusal to employ certain persons on account of age; penalty

Section 24A

Section 24A: Dismissal or refusal to employ certain persons on account of age; penalty

Section 24A. Whoever dismisses from private sector employment any person over the age of forty, or refuses to employ such person because of his age, except as permitted by subsection 17 of section 4 of chapter one hundred and fifty-one B, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.