Massachusetts
For Massachusetts, test type is ABC; test scope is wage-and-hour; statutory citation is Mass. Gen. Laws Ch. 149 § 148B; key exemptions is Services authorized under Chapter 149; misclassification penalty is Criminal and civil remedies including debarment as provided in section 27C of this chapter; for workers' compensation violations, punished as provided in section 14 of said chapter 152 and civil remedies including debarment provided in section 27C, recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.
- state
- Massachusetts
- test type
- ABC
- test scope
- wage-and-hour
- statutory citation
- Mass. Gen. Laws Ch. 149 § 148B
- key exemptions
- Services authorized under Chapter 149
- misclassification penalty
- Criminal and civil remedies including debarment as provided in section 27C of this chapter; for workers' compensation violations, punished as provided in section 14 of said chapter 152 and civil remedies including debarment provided in section 27C
What the source says
an individual performing any service, except as authorized under this chapter, shall be considered to be an employee under those chapters unless:— (1) the individual is free from control and direction in connection with the performance of the service, both under his contract for the performance of service and in fact; and (2) the service is performed outside the usual course of the business of the employer; and, (3) the individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business of the same nature as that involved in the service performed.
— malegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-17
Source
- malegislature.govhttps://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter149/Section148B