Inquires or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation or sexual violence shall be referred to the College's Affirmative Action Officer /Title IX Coordinator, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

Our states highest court has established that the Commission has a role to play when a tenured civil service employee claims that unlawful discrimination tainted the promotional process, even though such employees typically are free to file claims under G.L. c. 151B with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination or in suits brought in state or federal court. In Gerald Alston v.

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

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

, 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.

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.

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.