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opportunity and treatment based on race. What many

people do not understand, or at least do not have “front of

mind” when dealing with a problem in an employment

relationship, is that the list of protected classes is much

broader than this, particularly under Massachusetts state

law. These are:

 Race and/or Color (Federal and Massachusetts

law)

 Religious Creed (Federal and Massachusetts law)

 National Origin and/or Ancestry (Federal and

Massachusetts law)

 Sex (Federal and Massachusetts law)

 Age: over 40 (Federal and Massachusetts law)

 Disability or Perceived Disability (Federal and

Massachusetts law)

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