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comprehensive scheme to combat discrimi-nation. Waffle<br />
House, Inc., 122 S. Ct. at 765 & n.1.l [en<strong>for</strong>cing<br />
arbitration agreement would undermine “the detailed<br />
en<strong>for</strong>cement scheme [In Title VI1 and the ADA] created by<br />
Congress” and would serve as a disincentive to free<br />
reporting of complaints to F:KOC). Chapter 151B, like Title<br />
VI1 and the Americans with Disability Act (“ADA”), should<br />
be interpreted to avoid. such interference. - Id. ; Thomas,<br />
437 <strong>Mass</strong>. at 540, 542.<br />
Factor 10: Mandatory conciliation by both the MCAD<br />
and EEOC is in place, which satisfies some of the major<br />
policy considerations supporting the use of arbitration.<br />
G.L. c. 1518, § 5; 804 CMR 1.18(1) (a); compare Waffle<br />
House, Inc., 122 S. Ct. at ’162 n.7.<br />
-, .-<br />
Factor 11: Chapter 1518 and the <strong>Mass</strong>achusetts<br />
Arbitration Act, like Title VI1 and the Federal Arbitration<br />
Act, do not suggest that an arbitration agreement wou1.d<br />
displace Section 5 claims. G.L. c. 1518; c. 251, 5 1;<br />
Waffle House, - Inc., 172 S. Ct. at 761, 762.<br />
Thus, in all aspects, the MCAD has the characteristics<br />
identified by the Supreme Court as reasons to exempt an<br />
agency action from arbitration. For this reason, the court<br />
below refused to enjoin MCAD proceedings. See Joule, Inc.<br />
v. Simons, Order on Plaintiffs‘ Motion to En<strong>for</strong>ce an<br />
Arbitration Agreement Under Federal Arbitration Act and<br />
<strong>Mass</strong>achusetts Arbitration Act:, C.A. No. 09-4920, <strong>Suffolk</strong><br />
ss., Troy, J., January 7, 2010, App. 231. In addition,<br />
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