Please note that as of January 18, 2017, the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices has been renamed the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER).
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 Referral Checklist 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 review these instructions on the information and documents that must be transmitted to IER.
Federal Partner Agencies
USCIS: United States Citizenship and Immigration Service
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
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:
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Peru (also in
Spanish)
State, Municipal, and Other Partner Agencies
Alaska
Anchorage Equal Rights Commission
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Arizona
Arizona Attorney General's Office, Civil Rights Division
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California
California Department of Fair Employment & Housing
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Colorado
Denver Anti-Discrimination Office, Agency for Human Rights & Community Relations
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Connecticut
New Haven Commission on Equal Opportunities
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Florida
Broward County Human Relations Commission Lee County Office of Equal Opportunity Pinellas County Office of Human Rights
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Georgia
Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity
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Hawaii
Hawaii Department of Labor & Industrial Relations, Civil Rights Commission
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Idaho
Idaho Human Rights Commission
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Illinois
Chicago Commission on Human Relations Illinois Department of Human Rights
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Indiana
Bloomington Human Rights Commission Fort Wayne Metropolitan Human Rights Commission
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Kansas
Kansas Human Rights Commission City of Salina Human Relations Commission
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Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission Louisville & Jefferson County Human Rights Commission
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Maine
Maine Human Rights Commission
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Maryland
Prince George's County Human Rights Commission Maryland Commission on Human Relations
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Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
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Michigan
Michigan Department of Civil Rights
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Minnesota
Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights Minnesota Department of Human Rights
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Missouri
Kansas City Human Relations Department Missouri Commission on Human Rights
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Montana
Montana Department of Labor & Industry, Human Relations Division
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Nebraska
Lincoln Commission on Human Rights Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission
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New Mexico
New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, Human Rights Bureau
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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
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Ohio
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
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Palau
The Government of Palau
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations York Human Relations Commission
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Puerto Rico
The Municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Department of Family and Community Puerto Rico Department of Labor, Anti-Discrimination Unit
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South Carolina
South Carolina Human Affairs Commission
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South Dakota
South Dakota Department of Labor, Division of Human Rights Sioux Falls Human Relations Commission
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Texas
City of Corpus Christi Human Relations Commission
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Utah
Labor Commission of Utah, Anti-Discrimination and Labor Division
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Vermont
Office of the Attorney General for the State of Vermont
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Washington
Seattle Office For Civil Rights
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Washington, DC
District of Columbia Office of Human Rights
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West Virginia
Huntington Human Relations Commission
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Wyoming
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Labor Standards, Fair Employment Program
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Worker Hotline: 1-800-255-7688 • Employer Hotline: 1-800-255-8155