FORMS
Sample Letter for requesting your Personnel Records (employee file) from the employer. Date it, sign it, keep a copy. Send it in a way that gives you proof of delivery.
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Massachusetts Attorney General's Complaint form for wage violations.
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Templates, forms, other resources for requesting disability accommodations at the Job Accommodation Network.
MASSACHUSETTS STATE AGENCIES
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Attorney General
Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (unemployment benefits)
Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (Workers' Compensation for on-the-job injuries)
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Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations (public employees)
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Massachusetts Department of Family & Medical Leave
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FEDERAL AGENCIES
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
National Labor Relations Board
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U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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U.S. Office of Personnel Management (federal employees)
KEY MASSACHUSETTS STATUTES
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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B (prohibiting discrimination)
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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 52C (Personnel Records law)
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Paid Family & Medical Leave Act
KEY FEDERAL STATUTES
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended
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Age Discrimination in Employment Act
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​Family & Medical Leave Act, as amended
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LAW LIBRARIES
Law libraries vary in size, quality, contents, access.
Many courthouses have a free public law library.
There is a free public law library in the statehouse on Beacon Hill in Boston.
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