Division on Civil Rights

File a Civil Rights Complaint

Learn how to file or respond to a complaint of discrimination, and how to register your organization to receive complaints, through the NJ Bias Investigation Access System (NJBIAS).

Home Appraisal Discrimination

DCR is committed to combating discrimination in home appraisals. Learn more about our initiative to tackle appraisal bias in New Jersey.

Housing Discrimination Protections

The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) prohibits discrimination in housing based on actual or perceived protected characteristics. The Fair Chance in Housing Act prohibits landlords from rejecting prospective tenants because of their criminal history except in certain limited circumstances.

Our Resources

Division on Civil Rights Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA), and the Fair Chance in Housing Act (FCHA) in 14 different languages. View our library of resources, including fact sheets, reports, model policies, and more.

How to File a Complaint
Click here to learn more about how to file a complaint with the Division on Civil Rights

DCR provides free and confidential interpretation services.
If you need help, please call 1.833.NJDCR4U (833-653-2748) (voice) or the Relay Service at 711, or email LanguageHelp@njcivilrights.gov.

Recent DCR News

Attorney General Platkin and Division on Civil Rights Announce New Guidance on Algorithmic Discrimination, Creation of Civil Rights Innovation Lab

January 9, 2025

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced that DCR has launched a new Civil Rights and Technology Initiative to address the risks of discrimination and bias-based harassment stemming from the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies, and to support innovation by providing guidance to members of the public and regulated entities about how the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) applies to the use of these advanced technologies…

Division on Civil Rights Proposes Changes to its Proposed Disparate Impact Discrimination Rules

November 18, 2024

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced that DCR is proposing two changes to its proposed rules governing disparate impact discrimination under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD)…

Attorney General Platkin and Division on Civil Rights Issue Guidance on Workplace Accommodations for Pregnant, Postpartum, Breastfeeding, and Lactating Employees

December 17, 2024

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights issued guidance today to clarify the comprehensive anti-discrimination protections available under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), as expanded by the New Jersey Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, for employees who are pregnant, postpartum, breastfeeding, or lactating or who experience related medical conditions…

Attorney General Platkin and Division on Civil Rights Announce Youth Competition to Combat Bias

November 18, 2024

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today the No Hate in the Garden State Youth Competition as part of a statewide initiative to eliminate bias and discrimination in New Jersey. The competition, which will be led by DCR and will be coordinated in partnership with the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), is open to middle school and high school students to help empower young people to make changes in their communities…

DCR Notices

Language Access

The NJ Division on Civil Rights (DCR) is committed to ensuring equal access for New Jerseyans who have limited English proficiency (LEP). Every person in New Jersey, no matter their primary language, country of origin, nationality, or immigration status, is protected from discrimination and bias-based harassment under the NJ Law Against Discrimination.

Required Posters

On August 1, 2022, DCR adopted new and amended regulations to increase the visibility and effectiveness of posters that the State requires employers, housing providers, and places of public accommodation to display to inform people of their rights under New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and Family Leave Act (FLA). All covered businesses, employers, and housing providers are required by law to display the applicable posters.

If you have prior versions of these posters displayed, please remove them and replace them with the updated posters, which can be found here. Click here to read the regulations and here to read the press release.

DCR Events & Updates

Join DCR’s upcoming event on Innovation and Civil Rights and see our new webpage devoted to Civil Rights and Technology

Register for our virtual program, Innovation and Civil Rights: The Risks and Benefits of Emerging Technologies, being held on January 16, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. and visit our new webpage devoted to Civil Rights and Technology in New Jersey.

Date: January 16, 2025 | 2:00pm

Register Here: bit.ly/CivilRightsTech