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MCAD Jurisdictional Summary

Discrimination in Employment and Education

Employment Maternity Leave Key Federal Dual Filings

G.L. c 151B §4 (11a)
G.L. c 151B §4 G.L. c 149 §105D Title VII of the Civil Rights Act:
≥ 6 employees EEOC for ≥15 employees
8 weeks
Age Discrimination in Employment Act:
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Pay is at employer’s discretion
Race (1) EEOC for ≥20 employees
• Color (1)
• Religious Creed (1A) Education Americans with Disabilities Act:
• National Origin (1) G.L. c 151C EEOC for ≥15 employees
• Ancestry (1)
• Sex (1) Protections vary based on the type of
• Age: 40 & Over (1B) educational institution. Timeliness
• Criminal Record: applications • Race EEOC complaints within 300 days
only (9) • Color MCAD complaints within 300 days
• Handicap (16) • Religious Creed
• Retaliation (4) • National Origin
• Sexual Harassment (16A) • Sex and sexual harassment
• Sexual Orientation (1) • Age
• Genetics (19a) • Criminal Record (§2)
• Military Personnel (1D) • Blindness or Deafness
• Retaliation (151B, §4, 4)
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MCAD Jurisdictional Summary

Discrimination in Housing, Lending, and Public Accommodation
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Housing Mortgage Lending Credit
G.L. c 151B §4 G.L. c 151B §4 (3B) G.L. c 151B §4 (14)
Advertising, public housing,
• Race • Sex
private realtors and landlords
• Color • Age
• Race (6) • Religious Creed • Sexual Orientation
• Color (6) • National Origin • Marital Status
• Religious Creed (6) • Ancestry • Public Assistance
• National Origin (6) • Sex • Retaliation
• Ancestry (6) • Age
• Sex (6) • Handicap
• Age: 18 & Over (6) • Sexual Orientation
• Handicap (6) • Children
• Sexual Harassment (18) • Retaliation
• Sexual Orientation (6)
• Marital Status (6)
• Children (11) Public Accommodation Key Federal Dual Filings
• Retaliation (4) G.L. c 272 §§92a, 98, 98a
Title VIII, Housing:
• Veteran (6)
• Race May be filed with HUD within 1 year
• Public Assistance (10)
• Color
• Genetics (6)
• Religious Creed
Lead Paint • National Origin
G.L. c 111 §199A • Sex
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Children
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Handicap
Sexual Orientation