ABSTRACT
Following Governor John A. Volpe’s inauguration early in 1961, the quotations cited in the preceding chapter indicated that the Massachusetts’ business community looked for the new chief executive to aid in improving the Bay State’s “industrial climate.” The President of the Massachusetts Senate, John E. Powers, takes the position that Massachusetts offers much to industry for its tax dollar. The state overtime law was amended to provide that other premium pay was not to be included in the base upon which the time and one-half overtime premium was computed, and persons certified as handicapped by the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission were exempted from the state minimum wage requirements. Any outside practice, profession or business activity of Board members was also eliminated in the 1961 legislation. Organized labor was given official representation on the state housing and redevelopment authorities, and some other relatively minor legislation was also enacted.
