Commonwealth v. Morash

The defendant is charged in two complaints with violating G. L. c. 149, § 148 (1986 ed.). Section 148 requires an employer to make prompt payment of wages owing to employees who have been discharged. Wages include “any holiday or vacation payments due an employee under an oral or written agreement.” Section 148 also provides that the president of a corporation, among others, shall be deemed to be the employer of the corporation’s employees. The Commonwealth contends that the defendant bank president failed to compensate two discharged vice presidents for vacation time they accrued but did not…