Feb 12, 2024 | DCR | Discrimination | Enforcement Actions | Fair Chance in Housing Act | notices of violation | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | DCR FCHA | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued 35 Notices of Violation to housing providers across the State for allegedly violating New Jersey’s Fair Chance in Housing Act (FCHA).
Jan 16, 2024 | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Equity & Inclusion | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued Findings of Probable Cause in 14 cases alleging violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination’s (LAD) prohibition against denying housing opportunity because of a lawful source of income such as government rental assistance.
Jan 12, 2024 | Bias and Discrimination | Discrimination | Discrimination in Home Appraisals | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division on Civil Rights | housing | LAD | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today the launch of the Home Appraisal Discrimination Initiative to address persistent systemic inequities in real estate appraisals, which play a critical role in the homebuying and home refinancing process.
Jan 8, 2024 | compensation equity | Complaint | Consent Decree and Order. AT&T | Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act | equal pay provisions | Finding of Probable Cause | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) | pay discrimination | Settlement | Defending our Workforce | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) today announced that the State has entered into a Consent Decree and Order resolving allegations that AT&T violated the equal pay provisions of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), known as the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act.
Dec 21, 2023 | civil rights | Clark Police Department | Clark Township | corrective action | Discrimination | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Division on Civil Rights Investigates Allegations of Discrimination by Clark Township and Clark Police Department.
Dec 20, 2023 | Age Discrimination | Camden City School District | Consent Decree | LAD | Law Against Discrimination | Pension Credit | Settlement | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Defending our Workforce | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Terminated Employee to Receive $175,000 in Back Pay and At Least Three Years of Pension Credit.
