The Employment Law Counselor

The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (“MCAD” or “Commission”) has released its Fiscal Year 2025 (“FY25”) Annual Report, covering July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025. The report reflects a year of transition for the agency, including leadership stabilization, structural reforms, increased outreach and continued progress toward replacing its case‑management system. For employers, the report offers important insight into filing trends, backlog conditions, investigative outcomes and adjudicatory activity over the past year.

Complaints Filed in ... Continue Reading

The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (“MCAD” or “Commission”) has released its Fiscal Year 2023 (“FY23”) Annual Report, which highlights the strides the Commission has made over the last fiscal year toward recovering from pandemic-related setbacks. Importantly, the report also provides several data points regarding the filing and disposition of employment related claims over the last fiscal year that every Massachusetts employer should know.

Complaints Filed in FY23

FY23 marked another increase in the number of complaints filed with the ... Continue Reading