The MCAD offers various avenues to file a complaint of discrimination. Please review the options below to determine what is best for you.The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) is the independent state agency that enforces the Massachusetts anti-discrimination laws. The procedure for making complaints of federal unlawful discrimination is set out in Part IIB of the HREOC Act. Age Discrimination Act 2004. • Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986. In Australia, legal protections from appearancebased discrimination are limited. In the ACT it is against the law for someone to discriminate against you because of a characteristic that you have, or that someone thinks you have. This Checklist addresses Massachusetts law. In 1975, the Whitlam government passed the Racial Discrimination Act, which made racially-based selection criteria unlawful.