In an effort to increase accessibility to its services and resources, the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) has signed and/or reinvigorated memoranda of understanding with numerous federal, state and municipal fair employment practice agencies and with foreign governments. Through these partners, individuals can now obtain information about IER and file charges of immigration related employment discrimination. These agreements also provide for the referral of discrimination charges and training for agency and consular staff.
For questions about whether a matter can be referred to IER, please review the
or contact the IER Referral Duty Attorney by calling our office or sending an email to IERReferral@usdoj.gov. Agencies that wish to refer a charge to IER should completed and submit the
Federal Partner Agencies
USCIS: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Verification Division
USCIS: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate
EEOC: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
OFCCP: U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
NLRB: Office of General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board
WHD: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division
OFLC:
DOS/CA: U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs (summary)
Embassy/Consular Partnerships
Ecuador: Ministry For Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador (also in Spanish)
El Salvador: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (also in Spanish)
Mexico: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States (also in Spanish)
Honduras: Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Honduras (also in Spanish)
Peru:
(also in
)
State, Municipal, and Other Partner Agencies
Alaska Anchorage Equal Rights Commission | Arizona Arizona Attorney General's Office, Civil Rights Division |
California California Department of Fair Employment & Housing | Colorado Denver Anti-Discrimination Office, Agency for Human Rights & Community Relations |
Connecticut New Haven Commission on Equal Opportunities | Florida Broward County Human Relations Commission
Lee County Office of Equal Opportunity
Pinellas County Office of Human Rights |
Georgia Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity | Hawaii Hawaii Department of Labor & Industrial Relations, Civil Rights Commission |
Idaho Idaho Human Rights Commission | Illinois Chicago Commission on Human Relations
Illinois Department of Human Rights |
Indiana Bloomington Human Rights Commission
Fort Wayne Metropolitan Human Rights Commission | Kansas Kansas Human Rights Commission
City of Salina Human Relations Commission |
Kentucky Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission
Louisville & Jefferson County Human Rights Commission | Maine Maine Human Rights Commission |
Maryland Prince George's County Human Rights Commission
Maryland Commission on Human Relations | Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination |
Michigan Michigan Department of Civil Rights | Minnesota Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights
Minnesota Department of Human Rights |
Missouri Kansas City Human Relations Department
Missouri Commission on Human Rights | Montana Montana Department of Labor & Industry, Human Relations Division |
Nebraska Lincoln Commission on Human Rights
Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission | New Mexico New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, Human Rights Bureau |
North Carolina North Carolina Human Relations Commission
North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings, Civil Rights Division | North Dakota North Dakota Department of Labor, Human Rights Division |
Ohio Ohio Civil Rights Commission | Palau The Government of Palau |
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations
Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations
York Human Relations Commission | Puerto Rico The Municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Department of Family and Community
Puerto Rico Department of Labor, Anti-Discrimination Unit |
South Carolina South Carolina Human Affairs Commission | South Dakota South Dakota Department of Labor, Division of Human Rights
Sioux Falls Human Relations Commission |
Texas City of Corpus Christi Human Relations Commission | Utah Labor Commission of Utah, Anti-Discrimination and Labor Division |
Vermont Office of the Attorney General for the State of Vermont | Washington Seattle Office For Civil Rights |
Washington, DC District of Columbia Office of Human Rights | West Virginia Huntington Human Relations Commission |
Wyoming Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Labor Standards, Fair Employment Program | |
Worker Hotline: 1-800-255-7688 • Employer Hotline: 1-800-255-8155
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