for Suffolk County - Mass Cases

1.
STATEMENT OF ISSUES
siyned by the Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination, prevents the MCAD from pursuing an
administrative enforcement action in its own name to
discover, remedy and deter discrimination.
2.
Whether an arbitration agreement that has not been
Where an employer threatens to terminate an employee
unless she signs an arbitration agreement, does public
policy void the agreement because the law prohibits
threats, coercion and interference with respect to
enjoyment of chapter 1518 rights.
INTEWZST OF AMINS CURIAE
The Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association
("MELA") is a voluntary membership organization of over 145
lawyers who regularly represent employees in labor,
employment and civil rights disputes in Massachusetts.
MELA is an affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers
Association ("NELA") , one of the largest organizations of
attorneys in the United States (approximately 3,000
lawyers), whose members regularly represent employees and
applicants with claims arising out of the workplace.
MELA's members are active in advocating for the rights
of employees before the executive, legislative and judicial
branches. MELA has filed a sizable number of amicus curiae
briefs in cases before the Appellate Courts of
Massachusetts, including: St. Fleur v. WPZ Cable
Sys/Mutron, 450 Mass. 345 (2008); Gasior v. Mass. Gen.
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