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Civil Rights Law Facts

 

Civil rights laws also provide protection for those seeking housing or using public facilities such as retail establishments or transportation services.

Quick Facts On Civil rights

Each year the division receives approximately 27,000 inquiries.

An average of 2,100 complaints are filed annually.

98 percent of the complaints allege unfair employment practices.

The majority of complaints are sex discrimination (21%); disability (20%); injured worker (21%) and race/color (12%.)

Most complaints are concluded within six months; by law the agency must complete its investigation within one year.

Contact a Queens civil rights lawyer today and get a free consultation!

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Former Jacksonville Police Officer Sentenced On Civil Rights Violations And Retaliation
United States Attorney Matthew D. Orwig announced today that a 33-year-old former Jacksonville police officer has been sentenced to 144 months in f...
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Accused Sex Trafficker Arraigned in Federal Court
Consuelo Carreto-Valencia, an accused sex trafficker extradited to the United States from Mexico in January, was arraigned today in federal court o...
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Students With Disabilities Preparing For Postsecondary Education
U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of...

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Underutilization

Definition:
To use less than fully; below potential use. This term is often applied to categories of employees who are working at jobs that do not make full use of their skills and abilities, although they may have been hired for those skills and abilities. When an employee is consistently assigned to "dead end" jobs, he or she may be underutilized because they are often seen as able to perform only limited tasks.

Community Outreach Program

Definition:
Community Outreach Program is a continuous public relations approach to the achievement of the agency’s civil rights policies and objectives. The objectives of community outreach include, but are not limited to: Establishing and maintaining good working relations with leaders of minority, women's, and disabled persons' organizations; community leaders; officials of schools, colleges and technical institutions and more.

Employment agency

Definition:
Means any person regularly undertakingwith or without compensation to procure employees for an employer or to procure for employees opportunities to work for an employer and includes an agent of such a person.

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