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Massachusetts pays only 53 full-time MCAD employees spread out in four offices across the state. And federal and private sources fund less than a dozen more...
...addition, the EEOC pays $400 per employment complaint that it receives and automatically passes along to MCAD for processing. EEOC's annual contribution is based on the previous year's caseload, and the federal agency conducts reviews during the year to see if the funds are adequate, says Renee Devine, communications director for EEOC in Washington...
Such a shortfall could mean that MCAD would get less money to deal with more cases, in which case, Devine says, the federal body might take over some case processing...
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 grown more aggressive under Gov. Michael S. Dukakis' administration...
...past two [NAACP] presidents cited [MCAD's] process as being not too careful or too slow," says Owens, but he adds that lately there have been few problems. He says the two groups now have "a good working relationship," adding that NAACP refers nearly 100 cases to the agency each year. He says he believes hearings are now held more often than in the past, and settlements are more frequent...