(1) Each Employer shall maintain payroll records that document each Employee's name,
address, date of birth if under 18 years of age, occupation, dates of employment, rate
or rates of pay, time of day and day of the week that each Employee's work week
begins, hours worked each day and each work week, total daily or weekly earnings at
straight-time rate, total overtime earnings for weeks in which overtime was worked,
date of payment and the dates of Pay Period covered, total payment for each Pay
Period, total Tips for each Pay Period if applicable, all additions or deductions for
each Pay Period and a record of the additions or deductions from pay. Such records
shall be retained for a period of 3 years from the date of the applicable Pay Period, or
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for such longer period required by law.
(2) If, following a request from the Town to produce such records, an Employer fails to
make the same available, the Town may report the same to the Attorney General and
may take whatever additional action as may be necessary and appropriate under this
Bylaw.
F. Retaliation Prohibited
(1) In accordance with law, no Employer or any other person shall interfere with, restrain,
deny, or attempt to deny the exercise of any right protected under this Bylaw, M.G.L.
Ch. 149, M.G.L. Ch. 151, 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., or any other state or federal laws
regulating the payment of Compensation.