DCR Resources

Rachel Wainer Apter, Director
Resources
View our library of resources including fact sheets, reports, model policies, and more.
Fact Sheets
Division on Civil Rights Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination and Family Leave Act. The fact sheets below will provide you with a quick and easy overview of the issues the Division on Civil Rights can help you with. Find out about your rights and what you can do to protect them here.
English Fact Sheets
The Division on Civil Rights Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
Arabic Fact Sheets
The Division on Civil Rights Arabic Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
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Racial Discrimination |
Religion Discrimination |
Brazilian Portuguese Fact Sheets
The Division on Civil Rights Brazilian Portuguese Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
Chinese Fact Sheets - Simplified
The Division on Civil Rights Chinese (Simplified) Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
Chinese Fact Sheets - Traditional
The Division on Civil Rights Chinese (Traditional) Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
Gujarati Fact Sheets
The Division on Civil Rights Gujarati Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
Haitian Creole Fact Sheets
The Division on Civil Rights Haitian Creole Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
Korean Fact Sheets
The Division on Civil Rights Korean Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
Polish Fact Sheets
The Division on Civil Rights Polish Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
Punjabi Fact Sheets
The Division on Civil Rights Punjabi Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
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Racial Discrimination |
Religious Discrimination |
Russian Fact Sheets
The Division on Civil Rights Russian Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
Spanish Fact Sheets
The Division on Civil Rights Spanish Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
Urdu Fact Sheets
The Division on Civil Rights Urdu Fact Sheets offer brief overviews of different areas covered by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
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Racial Discrimination |
Religious Discrimination |
Division Reports
View DCR’s Reports on important civil rights issues, including preventing an eliminating sexual harassment, an Anti-Bias Vias for the Next Generation, and yearly Bias Incident Reports.
Division Reports
An Anti-Bias Vision for the Next Generation (Oct. 2020) |
Preventing and Eliminating Sexual Harassment in New Jersey (Feb. 2020) Findings and Recommendations from Three Public Hearings |
Bias Incident Report, 2019 |
Bias Incident Report, 2017-2018 |
Guidance Documents
View Guidance Documents that explain the requirements of the Law Against Discrimination, including when it comes to COVID-19, equal pay, and race discrimination based on hairstyle.
Guidance Documents
Model Policies
View DCR’s Model Policies to help you comply with the Law Against Discrimination.
Model Policies
Required Posters
The New Jersey State Law Against Discrimination requires employers, housing providers, and places of public accommodations to display these Anti-Discrimination Posters. Failure to display these posters is punishable by law.
Posters must be displayed in locations easily visible to all employees and applicants for employment, all tenants, prospective tenants and purchasers, and all persons seeking or using the public accommodation. All posters may be downloaded and printed on letter-size paper.
Posters in English
Places that provide services of any kind to the public, such as: Businesses, restaurants, hotels, hospitals, doctor’s offices, stores, bars, auditoriums, libraries, shopping centers, amusement parks, schools, colleges, universities, gyms, movie theatres, camps, government offices or agencies
Employers, labor organizations and employment agencies:
Places associated with the sale, rental, and/or lease of properties, including: Real estate agencies or brokers, property management offices and landlords
Carteles en Español (posters)
Other Resources
Laws & Regulations
Investigation Policies and Forms
Agreements
Director's Findings
Findings of Probable Cause – After concluding an investigation, the DCR Director is required to determine whether probable cause exists to credit a complainant’s allegation of discrimination. Probable cause for purposes of LAD analysis has been described as a reasonable ground for suspicion supported by facts and circumstances strong enough to warrant a cautious person to believe that the law was violated and that the matter should proceed to hearing.
Here are some examples of recent findings of probable cause issued by the DCR Director:
- Cedar Lawn Cemetery (4/27/20)
- Kleiny Coronado v Bergen Logistics (4/27/20)
- Burress v. FantaSea Resorts (4/7/20)
- 5000 Boardwalk (3/27/20)
- Premium Marketing II (3/30/20)
- Academy Express (4/7/20)
- Fenton v. Hamilton Farm Golf Club (1/31/20)
- Sunset Harbor (1/10/20)
- VCNY (1/10/20)
Director's Orders
Final Determinations
An administrative law judge presides over a hearing and then issues an initial recommendation to the DCR Director. The DCR Director will thoroughly review the record and any post-hearing arguments submitted by the parties, and then issue his/her final determination. That final determination will either accept, reject, or modify the findings of fact and conclusions of law contained in the administrative law judge’s initial recommendation.
Here are some examples of recent final determinations issued by the DCR Director:
- Hruszko v. NJ Department of Labor (5/29/18)
- Whitfield v. Statewide Roadside Assistance (11/2/17)
- Tate-Munawar v. Family Based Services of New Jersey (9/22/17)
- Hanz v. Dental Health Associates (9/20/17)
- Hruszko v. NJ Department of Labor & Workforce Devel. (7/17/17)
- Osorio v. Lucas Maximum Auto Sales. LLC (4/20/17)
- Ward v. Mercer County Superintendent of Elections (3/10/17)
- Hanz v. Dental Health Associates (11/14/16)
- D.W. v. Willingboro Public Schools (3/21/16)
- Spells v. Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School Distric (3/14/16)
- Langston v. Tiffany & Co. (11/9/15)
- Marna v. Clifton Village Pizzeria (10/27/15)
- Ali v. Don’s Burgers (7/23/15)
- Cargua v. Costco (3/3/15)
- J.H. v. Bass (12/3/14)
- D.B. v. Gloucester City (11/17/14)
- Smith v. Passaic Ventures d/b/a Aaron’s Rentals (11/10/14)
- Quesada v. JFK Medical Center (8/4/14)
- Blossomgame v. NY Giants (7/10/14)
- Gilmore-Elsheikh v. District 1199J Nat’l Union of Hosp. Employees (7/7/14)
- C.B. v. Paterson School District (4/21/14)
- Jacobson v. Jackson School Dist. (11/27/13)
- Lin v. Dane Construction (5/6/13)
- LW v. Toms River Board of Ed. (2/15/13)
- Jones v. Verizon (12/12/12)
- Bernstein v. Ocean Grove (10/22/12)
- Carpenter v. CBM, Inc. (6/1/12)
- Lorig v. Green Hill Manor (3/12/12)

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