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    • As of January 1, 2008, the minimum wage in Massachusetts is set at $8.00 per hour.
    • Wait staff, service employees, and service bartenders may be paid the service rate of $2.63 per hour if they regularly receive tips of more than $20 a month ($30 under federal law), and if their average hourly tips, when added to the service rate, are equal to or exceed the basic minimum wage.
    • Agricultural employees may be paid $1.60 per hour.




  Do you know when, how, and how much you must be paid? To learn more visit the Attorney General’s website on wages, which includes information about minimum wage, overtime, vacation, and meal breaks.   
     
 
   
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