The parties agree to abide by the statutory provisions of Chapter 149, Section 105D of the General Laws of Massachusetts and any applicable rules and regulations of the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination. Maternity leave may be extended at the discretion of the Superintendent. If a teacher returns to school in the same year as the maternity leave, she shall return to the same teaching assignment.

Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, etc. The Association further agrees that it shall not initiate proceedings in any other forum in respect of any matter that is or may become the subject of a grievance as hereinbefore defined until it shall have first exhausted the procedures provided herein. ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS 38 10.02 A.

covered by this Agreement. 2 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Hanover Teachers Association and the Hanover School Committee ARTICLE IV - GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE (a) A grievance is a written claim by the Committee, Association, or an individual involving an allegation that the contract has been violated or involving a question concerning the interpretation of the contract providing, however, that any matters filed before the Massachusetts Commission

Please take note of each agencys short time period for filing a claim. 1) The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"): 1 Congress Street - 10th Floor Boston, MA 02114 (617) 565-3200 2) EEOC - 300 days to file a claim The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination ("MCAD): Boston office: Springfield office: One Ashburton Place- Rm 601 424 Dwight Street, Rm 220 Boston, MA 02108 Springfield, MA 01103 (617) 727-3990 (413) 739

, obligations, liabilities, and damages of any kind, either at law or in equity, whether or not now known, suspected, or claimed, which against Releasees, Releasor now has or ever had from the beginning of the world to this date, including, but not limited to, any and all claims and arbitration claims and other matters which were or could have been asserted in any court, state or federal, or before the Civil Service Commission, the Massachusetts Commission

Any matter which occurred or failed to occur prior to the date of this Agreement shall not be a proper subject Grievances shall not be entertained if the cause for binding arbitration. occurred more than thirty actual working days of the employee prior to the If the Union or an initiation of the procedures set forth in this Article. employee brings a matter before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination

Commission Against Discrimination against BPD. About the time I was drafting this decision, I called MCAD to find out the status of the Appellants MCAD claim and was informed that no determinations have been rendered in that cases. In an arbitrators decision on Ms.

MCAD FILINGS The court ruled before trial that the plaintiffs had exhausted their remedies by filing a timely complaint with the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination. See Everett v. . 357 Coip., 453 Mass. 585, 600 (2009) (Without the predicate filing in MCAD, the Superior Court has no jurisdiction to entertain the claim of discrimination.). See also Lewis v.

Further, a bargaining unit RN who chooses to pursue any claim in court, or at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, or at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or in any other administrative forum, may not also utilize the Grievance and Arbitration procedures contained in Article 13 of this Agreement.

Department of Education, 33 Arch Street, Suite 900, Boston, MA 02110-1491 Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, 1 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 617-727-3990 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 150 Causeway Street, Suite 1000, Boston, MA 1-800-669-3362 64 Title IX and Title VI Coordinator/Harassment Investigator Ms. Mary E. Buchanan Director of Pupil Personnel Services John T.