Department of Fair Employment and Housing

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A New Complaint

I would like to file a new complaint and would like DFEH to investigate. My complaint is about:

Housing discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation (Violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act).

Employment discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation (Violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act).

Intimidation or act(s) of hate violence (Violation of the Ralph Civil Rights Act).

Discrimination in services provided by a business such as a hotel, restaurant, store, school, etc. (Violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act)

Discrimination in services and access provided by public or private entities or denied access with guide, signal, or service dog based on disability and I am disabled. (Disabled Person Act, Civil Code section 54 et. sec.)

My complaint does not fit into any of the categories listed above.

PLEASE NOTE: Incomplete intakes (Complaints/RTS/PRAs not fully submitted) will expire after 10 days and it will be necessary to restart the filing process.

Do you believe you were discriminated against, harassed or retaliated against because of one or more of the following protected classes:

Race	Sexual orientation
Color	Marital status
Religion	National origin(including language use restrictions)
Disability (physical, mental or perceived)	Ancestry
Sex(pregnancy or gender)	Age (40 and above)
Medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics)

Yes

Do you believe you were denied family care leave for yourself or a family member, denied pregnancy disability leave, retaliated against for protesting illegal discrimination or for reporting patient abuse in tax supported institutions?

Yes

Are you filing a complaint against an employer in California or based in California?

Yes

Have you filed a complaint in this matter with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)?

Yes

Are you filing a complaint against a federal government entity?

Yes

Are you filing a complaint against a religious non-profit entity?

Yes

Does the employer have at least 5 employees, or, if your issue involves harassment, at least 1 employee? You may count part-time and full-time employees or "any person acting as an agent of an employer, directly or indirectly" at any location.

Yes

When was the first date that you were discriminated, harassed or retaliated against?

Does your employer have 15 or more employees?

Yes

Did the discrimination, harassment or retaliation happen because of your sexual orientation or marital status?

Yes

When was the last date that you were discriminated, harassed or retaliated against?

Were you under the age of 18 when the discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation occurred?

Yes

Do you believe you were discriminated against, harassed or retaliated against because of one or more of the following protected classes: race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin/ancestry, familial status (pregnancy or children in the household), source of income, age, sexual identity, sexual expression, and/or disability?

Yes

Did the alleged discrimination or harassment occur in California?

Yes

Have you filed a complaint in this matter with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)?

Yes

What was the most recent date that violation occured?

Were you under the age of 18 when the discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation occurred?

Yes

Do you believe this involves an act of violence or threat of violence based on one of the following protected classes: race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, political affiliation or position in labor dispute?

Yes

What was the most recent date that the violation occurred?

Do you believe this involves an act of discrimination in services based on one or more of the following protected classes: race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, medical condition, disability and/or marital status?

Yes

What was the most recent date that the violation occurred?

Do you believe this act was based on your disability or because you are an authorized trainer of a guide, signal, or service dog?

Yes

Public Records Request

Are you requesting records that are complaint related?

Yes

PLEASE NOTE: Incomplete intakes (Complaints/RTS/PRAs not fully submitted) will expire after 10 days and it will be necessary to restart the filing process.

Are you requesting records for a complaint that is currently under investigation?

Yes

I understand and have reviewed:

the fees for public records
guidelines at http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/PublicRecordRequest.htm
DFEH only retains records for three years.

Yes

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