Finally, you may wish to contact the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) to discuss your claims under M.G.L. .151B, and the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General to discuss your claims under M.G.L.c.149. Very truly yours, | D \ TMENT ide Philip T- Roberts Director Cc: Kristine Taylor BOR RELATIONS

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, 65 Mass. App. Ct. 329, 333 (2005). The court also affords due weight to the experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge of the agency, as well as to the discretionary authority conferred upon it. Buchanan v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board, 65 Mass. App. Ct. 244, 246 (2005), quoting Lisbon v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 41 Mass. App. Ct. 246, 257 (1996).

See OML 2018-91 (explaining that gender-based harassment complaints should be filed with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination); OML 2019-166 (explaining that [a]n allegation of unprofessional conduct or incivility towards a member of the Commission or the public does not constitute a violation of the Open Meeting Law).

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Finally, DLR should note that Hiett is already in litigation with the City at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD). His complaint before the MCAD is based on the exact same facts presented to DLR in this matter. Exhibit 11. Local 863s Charge filed with DLR also has the flavor of impermissible forum shopping by Hiett.

Maloney wishes to pursue a discrimination complaint he may file with the Attorney General's Office Civil Rights Division at (617) 963-2917 or the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination at (617) 994-6000. o the meeting.

The City's September 26th response In the City's September 26th response, it indicated that "[t]he City possesses records responsive to your request in the form of: a copy of complaint filed with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination; internal correspondence regarding the complaint; and an email from the complainant" to an identified individual.

If, as the Appellant suggested at the conclusion of oral argument, that there may have been tinges of racial discrimination at play here, then the correct venue is the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, where the Appellant has already filed a complaint.

Under certain circumstances, as appears to be the case with a large number of the Appellants, individuals may choose to file a complaint in other venues, such as the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD).

FACTS, ANSWER AND EXPLANATION The issues surrounding this charge are related to the Colleges response to a Probable Cause finding by the (MCAD) that an AFSCME Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Employee that the College did not consider a supervisory employee for Title IX purposes was considered following a complaint that the AFSCME a supervisor for liability purposes employee, a Laboratory Technician II (now former employee) had sexually

The issues surrounding this charge are related to the Colleges response to a Probable Cause (MCAD) that an AFSCME finding by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Employee that the College did not consider a Supervisory employee for Title IX purposes was considered by the MCAD as a supervisor for liability purposes following a complaint that the AFSCME employee, a Laboratory Technician II (now former employee) had sexually harassed a