Legal Opinion
Swift v. AutoZone, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 13, 2004PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
A judge in the Superior Court reported the following question to the Appeals Court, pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. R 64, as amended, 423 Mass. 1410 (1996): “Under G. L. *444c. 136, [§] 6 (50),[2] and G. L. c. 151, [§] 1A,[3] may a Massachusetts employer offset or credit a Sunday premium payment it provides to an employee in any week toward overtime pay it provides to that employee under G. L. c. 151, [§] 1A, for working in excess of forty hours in that week?” The question arose when two employees, Joseph Swift and Edward Cove, filed a complaint against their employer, AutoZone, Inc. (AutoZone), an…
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