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Associational Retaliation Anti-Discrimination Policies

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Associational Discrimination Claims under Massachusetts Law Require More than Just Association

“Associational discrimination” refers to a claim that a plaintiff, though not a member of a protected class, was still subjected to some type of adverse action because of his or her association with a member of a protected...more

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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds That Chapter 151B Prohibits Associational Discrimination

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On July 19, 2013, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held in Flagg v. AliMed, Inc. that a non-disabled employee can sue his employer for disability discrimination under Chapter 151B, the state anti-discrimination...more

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