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 Matthew J. Platkin Stands with Transgender Military Members in Challenge to President Trump’s Discriminatory Executive Order

February 14, 2025

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in filing a “friend of the court” brief, or amicus brief, to support a lawsuit challenging the implementation of President Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military. The brief argues that the executive order is unconstitutional, harms national security, and discriminates against transgender people honorably serving in our nation’s military, including the National Guard in every state…

AG Platkin and Division on Civil Rights Announce Enforcement Action in Workplace Sexual Harassment Case

February 5, 2025

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued a Finding of Probable Cause alleging that Red Lobster Hospitality LLC (Red Lobster) violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by failing to take appropriate remedial action to address workplace sexual harassment that created a hostile work environment at its Woodbury, New Jersey restaurant…

AG Platkin and Division on Civil Rights Announce Enforcement Actions in 20 Cases Involving Housing Discrimination Against Recipients of Rental Assistance

February 10, 2025

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) today announced that DCR has taken enforcement action in 20 cases alleging violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination’s (LAD) prohibition against denying the opportunity to obtain housing because of a prospective tenant’s source of lawful income, such as government rental assistance…

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…

DCR Notices

Immigrant Protections

LGBTQIA+ Protections

The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights has issued a statement on civil rights protections for LGBTQIA+ New Jerseyans.

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.