Mock Trial of an MCAD Religious Discrimination, Failure to Accommodate & Retaliation Case
Learn how to hone strategies and techniques to win the case
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Practicing before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) can be challenging. This program demonstrates and explains effective techniques for presenting and defending a winning case before the MCAD. The panelists share practical ideas, techniques, and strategies for winning an MCAD case through simulation of portions of an MCAD Public Hearing of a religious discrimination, failure to accommodate, and retaliation case.
This year's fact pattern involves an employee who works at the counter of a coffee shop who practices the religion of Wicca. She waits on customers, and wears a company uniform, as well as jewelry, including a necklace with a prominent pentagram disc. She also has tattoos on her neck of the Moon Goddess and Horned God. Some customers complained that they are afraid of her; others objected to the tattoos, including complaints about the Moon Goddess's exposed body parts. The employer has reassigned the employee to the drive-up window where customers cannot easily see jewelry or tattoos. She objected, asked for an accommodation, and filed a charge at the MCAD. How would you handle the matter as complainant's or respondent's counsel?
Observe seasoned employment attorneys present key aspects of the complainant's and respondent's respective cases to an actual MCAD Hearing Officer. Then hear firsthand what presentation styles, techniques, and strategies were persuasive.
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