Mar 11, 2025 | Advance Funding Partners/Same Day Funding | African | Chinese | DCR | denying services | Discrimination | Division on Civil Rights | employment discrimination | Finding of Probable Cause | Hostile Work Environment | lending discrimination | loan applicants | national origin | nationality | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | NJ LAD | Ocean | offensive memes | race | racist | Spanish | subpeona | verified complaint | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
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 Advance Funding Partners/Same Day Funding (Advance Funding), a New Jersey business that provides cash advances and loans to borrowers, violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by engaging in unlawful lending discrimination and employment discrimination.
Feb 5, 2025 | Division on Civil Rights | enforcement action | failing to take appropriate remedial action | Finding of Probable Cause | Hostile Work Environment | New Jersey | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) | Red Lobster | Red Lobster Hospitality LLC | Woodbury | Workplace Sexual Harassment | Workplace Sexual Harassment Case | DCR | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Red Lobster Hospitality LLC Allegedly Maintained a Hostile Work Environment By Failing to Appropriately Respond to Workplace Sexual Harassment For Immediate Release: February 5, 2025 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision on Civil...
Jan 9, 2025 | AI | Artificial Intelligence Task Force | automated decision-making tools | bias | Civil Rights and Technology Initiative | Civil Rights Innovation Lab | Contracting | credit | DCR | diverse communities | Division on Civil Rights | Employment | Guidance on Algorithmic Discrimination | housing | innovation | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) | places of public accommodation | technological innovations | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | DCR Technology | DD-CivilRights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced that DCR has launched a new Civil Rights and Technology Initiative
Dec 17, 2024 | accomodations | adjustments to quotas | assistance with manual labor | bathroom breaks | breastfeeding | DCR | Division on Civil Rights | employees | employers | Guidance | health care appointments | hydration breaks | job restructuring | lactating | LAD | milk expression breaks | minimum reasonable accomodations | modifications to eating and drinking policies | modifications to uniforms or dress codes | modified work schedules | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | New Jersey Pregnanat Workers Fairness Act | pain and discomfort | periodic rest | postpartum | pregnant | production standards | protections against discrimination | remote work | workstation modifications | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Child Protection | DCR Gender | DD-CivilRights | DD-ReproductiveFreedom | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Standing Up for Reproductive Rights
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)
Nov 18, 2024 | art exhibition | art work | civil rights laws | combating youth bias | cultural heritage celebration | DCJ | Division of Criminal Justice | Division on Civil Rights | educational workshops | effectively prevention of bias incidents | high school students | midle school students | No Hate in the Garden State Youth Competition | open mic night | podcast | social media awareness campaign | Youth Competition to Combat Bias | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | DCR | DD-CivilRights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced the No Hate in the Garden State Youth Competition as part of a statewide initiative to eliminate bias and discrimination in New Jersey.