General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 151B Unlawful Discrimination Because of Race, Color, Religious Creed, National Origin, Ancestry or Sex

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 151B, Section 1
  As used in this chapter   1. The term "person'' includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Policies; recommendations - Chapter 151B, Section 2
  The commission, as established by section fifty-six of chapter six, shall formulate policies to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and may make recommendations to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Functions, powers and duties of commission - Chapter 151B, Section 3
  The commission shall have the following functions, powers and duties: 1. To establish and maintain its principal office in the city of Boston and such...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Employers’ policies against sexual harassment; preparation of model policy; education and training programs - Chapter 151B, Section 3A
  (a) All employers, employment agencies and labor organizations shall promote a workplace free of sexual harassment. (b) Every employer shall: (1) adopt a policy against...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Unlawful practices - Chapter 151B, Section 4
  It shall be an unlawful practice: 1. For an employer, by himself or his agent, because of the race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Conveyance by void instruments; penalty - Chapter 151B, Section 4A
  Whoever conveys real property by an instrument which contains a provision which he knows is void under the provisions of section twenty-three B of chapter...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Complaints; procedure; limitations; bar to proceeding; award of damages - Chapter 151B, Section 5
  Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged unlawful practice or alleged violation of clause (e) of section thirty-two of chapter one hundred and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Review of commission’s order; court order for enforcement; appeals; availability of commission’s copy of testimony; limitations - Chapter 151B, Section 6
  Any complainant, respondent or other person aggrieved by such order of the commission may obtain judicial review thereof, and the commission may obtain an order...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Posting notices setting forth excerpts of statute and other information; refusal to post - Chapter 151B, Section 7
  Every employer, employment agency, real estate agency, rental office, labor union, institutional creditor, proprietor of a business or of a place of public accommodation, or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Interference with commission; violation of order - Chapter 151B, Section 8
  Any person, employer, labor organization or employment agency, who or which shall wilfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the commission or any of its...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Construction and enforcement of chapter; inconsistent laws; exclusiveness of statutory procedure; civil remedies; speedy trial; attorney’s fees and costs; damages - Chapter 151B, Section 9
  This chapter shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of its purposes, and any law inconsistent with any provision of this chapter shall not apply,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Partial invalidity - Chapter 151B, Section 10
  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall, for any reason, be held invalid, the remainder of...

Last modified: September 11, 2015