MISSION STATEMENT
The DFEH is the state agency charged with enforcing California’s civil rights laws. The mission of the DFEH is to protect the people of California from unlawful discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations and from hate violence.
COMPLAINT PROCESS
To File a Pre-Complaint Inquiry you may select one of the following methods:
- Use the Department's online system.
- Call the Communication Center at 800-884-1684 (voice). If you are deaf or hard of hearing, please call 800-884-1684 (voice) or 800-700-2320 (TTY) or email contact.center@dfeh.ca.gov
- Use the Pre-Complaint Inquiry form that matches your issue, complete and return it via U.S. mail to any of DFEH’s office locations ( http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/Offices.htm).
- E-mail the Pre-Complaint Inquiry form to contact.center@dfeh.ca.gov.
If you have a disability that prevents you from submitting a written pre-complaint form on-line, by mail, or email, the DFEH can assist you by scribing your pre-complaint by phone or for individuals who communicate by American Sign Language through the relay system. Contact the Communication Center 800-884-1684 (voice) or 800-700-2320 (TTY) or by email to contact.center@dfeh.ca.gov to schedule an appointment.
The DFEH will continue to accept online complaint filings for persons who do not wish for the DFEH to investigate their complaint. Instead, request an immediate Right to Sue.
DFEH NEWS
August 24, 2015 - Target to pay $2.8 million for discriminatory hiring tests
August 11, 2015 - Department of Fair Employment and Housing Sues Los Angeles Financing Company For Sex Discrimination In Subprime Automobile Loans To Women.
August 7, 2015 - Federal Court upholds most of Panel's Report in DFEH Settlement with Law School Admissions Council.
July 10, 2015 - Supreme Court upholds a key tool fighting discrimination in the housing market from the Washington Post
View story in the Washington Post
June 3, 2015 - Director Kevin Kish named one of California's top Labor and Employment Lawyers by the Daily Journal
View story in the Daily Journal
March 19, 2015 - DFEH Settles Farmworkers Sexual Discrimination Case
May 20, 2014 - DFEH's Historic Settlement with the Law School Admission Council
A multimillion-dollar settlement levels the playing field for individuals with disabilities in law school admissions and provides for compensation to victims of discrimination and changes in LSAC’s policies or practices. See more.
DFEH REPORTS
DFEH Releases Supplemental Report on Activities, 2011-2014. Click here.
DFEH TRIBAL CONSULTATION POLICY
Review DFEH Tribal Consultation Policy.
NOTICE: JULY 6, 2015
Due to an unavoidable scheduling conflict the DFEH Sexual Harassment Prevention Training webinar originally set for Wednesday, July 15, 2015 has been postponed to Thursday, July 23, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. We regret any inconvenience. If you are a non-government attendee and are unable to attend on July 23, your fee can be refunded or applied to a future program.
For a complete listing of DFEH notices, click here.
DFEH Procedural Regulations Rulemaking Action
The Department’s Amendments to its Procedural Regulations has been approved by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and was filed with the Secretary of State on June 2, 2015. The emergency regulations that this action makes permanent – which outline the pre-complaint inquiry process and make clear that there is no longer administrative adjudication of claims, i.e. the Department files complaints in civil court – remain effective and the effective date of the rest of the amendments – which only make technical and clarifying changes – is October 1, 2015.
- Notice of Approval of Emergency Regulatory Action
- Approved Emergency Text
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Initial Statement of Reasons
- Text of Proposed Amendments to the DFEH Procedural Regulations
- Final Statement of Reasons
- Notice of Approval
- Final Text
I WANT TO
- Login to the Online System
File an inquiry, obtain a Right to Sue notice or request public records. You can file an inquiry or request immediate Right to Sue by telephone or by mail.
- Request a Speaker
Request a DFEH representative to speak at your event or training.
- Register for a Webinar or Subscribe to Webinar Alerts
Attend monthly trainings presented by a DFEH attorney. Receive invitations and reminders about training opportunities .
- Ask a
Question
About a final paycheck, overtime,minimum wage,vacation policy, breaks, eviction, rent or landlord/tenant issues.
- Follow the Fair Employment
and Housing Council
Effective January 1, 2013, Senate Bill 1038 eliminated the Fair Employment and Housing Commission. The Department's Fair Employment and Housing Council has assumed the former Commission's rulemaking authority. Persons interested in a gubernatorial appointment to the Fair Employment and Housing Council can apply by submitting an application online or by mail using the form on the Governor's web site. The former Commission's amended disability and pregnancy regulations, effective December 30, 2012, can be found here.
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If you are blind, visually impaired or have a reading or print disability or have any other disability and having problems with any part of this site please feel free to request the material in question in an accessible format. You can submit your request by mail, phone or email to:
C/O Web Admin, 2218 Kausen Drive, Suite 100, Elk Grove, CA
95758
(916) 478-7251 (voice) or
contact.center@dfeh.ca.gov
and add Web Admin in the subject line.
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