An Act relative to an eight hour work day

This bill amends Massachusetts labor laws to require overtime pay not only for work weeks exceeding forty hours but also for any single workday longer than eight hours. It directly affects employees who currently might work more than eight hours in a day without receiving extra compensation, provided their total weekly hours do not exceed forty. The key provision adds a specific daily limit to the existing weekly overtime rule, ensuring workers are paid at an overtime rate for any hours worked beyond eight in a single day. This change expands the definition of overtime eligibility to cover long workdays even when the total weekly hours remain under the standard forty-hour threshold.