Code of Massachusetts Regulations
454 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STANDARDS
Title 454 CMR 30.00 - Professional Employer Organization Registration Regulations
Section 30.03 - Registration Requirements
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) PEOs, as defined at 454 CMR 30.02, shall be registered in accordance with 454 CMR 30.03 and 30.04. No Person shall advertise, operate, maintain or hold itself out as providing professional employer services in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts unless that person has registered the PEO with the Department of Labor Standards and been granted a certificate of registration as defined in 454 CMR 30.02, regardless of whether or not said person has an office for conducting such work in Massachusetts.
(2) Staffing agencies, placement agencies, and employment agencies shall not be granted PEO certificates of registration.
(3) Each entity being advertised, operated, or maintained by a PEO must be individually registered.
(4) A PEO shall register prior to initiating operations within the Commonwealth.
(5) If a PEO that is not registered in the Commonwealth becomes aware that an existing client not based in the Commonwealth has employees and operations in the Commonwealth, the PEO shall: