Casseus v. E. Bus Co.

*1187**786This case requires us to construe an exemption to the Massachusetts overtime statute. The overtime statute generally requires employers to pay an overtime premium to employees who work more than forty hours in a given week. G. L. c. 151, § 1A. The statute, however, "shall not be applicable to any **787employee who is employed ... by an employer licensed and regulated pursuant to [G. L. c. 159A]," which governs motor vehicle common carriers of passengers in Massachusetts. See G. L. c. 151, § 1A (11) ; G. L. c. 159A.

The plaintiffs are bus drivers whose employer, the defendant Eastern Bus…