In brief
Members of the employment bar and civil rights leaders are urging the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination to scrap significant proposed revisions to its procedural regulations, which they say veer the agency off the important course the Legislature set for it 80 years ago.
The draft regulations, 801 CMR 1.00, were published on Dec. 3, and an initial 60-day public comment period closed on Jan. 30. MCAD also hosted three public hearings on the revisions in January.
The changes are part of “an unprecedented effort over the last two years to earnestly confront the decades of criticism [MCAD] has faced for lengthy investigations, a growing backlog, and inefficient, inadequate case processing,” MCAD press secretary Justine LaVoye explained.
A linchpin of the revisions is a “modern, comprehensive case management system” that will allow pro se complainants and represented parties alike to file complaints online. The system, accessed through an online portal, will give victims of discrimination “unprecedented access” to MCAD as their complaints are processed, according to LaVoye.
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