Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149 § 24A : ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT — LABOR AND INDUSTRIES — LABOR AND INDUSTRIES — Age discrimination; dismissal or refusal to employ; penalty

Whoever dismisses from private sector employment any person over the age of forty, or refuses to employ such person because of his age, except as permitted by subsection 17 of section 4 of chapter one hundred and fifty-one B, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.