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Although the budget cuts and increasing caseload have placed additional burdens on MCAD, the agency has improved in some areas. Al Owens, director of the Boston branch of the NAACP says that since 1986, the commission has dealt with complaints more thoroughly. MCAD officials themselves say that the agency has...
"That means someone is looking [out] more on behalf of the people being discriminated against," Owens says. And he adds he is pleased that MCAD hired two people who were referred to the commission by the NAACP's job placement program.
...individual files a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) that case is given to a field representative in one of the agency's regional offices. The representative conducts an investigation, interviewing those involved and trying to ascertain what actually happened, and reports to one of three commissioners...
...three commissioners are chosen by the governor for three-year stints, and appointments are staggered so there is a new commissioner each May. Although commissioners are traditionally former attorneys, they sometimes come from different backgrounds. In fact, the current chairman of the commission is a social worker...
If the commission does not find probable cause, the complainant can appeal. And often, a case will reach a settlement before such a determination.