Addressing Employment Discrimination in California

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The United States government had long thought and created different laws and mechanisms that would help its labor force. All of this is manifested by the procedures done by California’s Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE). Because of this government arm, most of the problems about discrimination that creates hostile work environment in California can now be addressed.

The division’s efforts can be seen through the availability of the different languages in the forms provided to the applicants.  Certain samples of these include the Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, and of course, English. This fully explains that the DLSE administration takes note of the diversity of the different nationalities that preside in the country and how they can be remedied in a way that they can be able to vent out their grievances.
Because of the length of time that the government has been handling cases of discrimination, its officials have already have seen trends or patterns. This involves the most probable actions that abusive employers do to commit discrimination within their companies:

•    Demoting employees
•    Suspending workers
•    Reducing wages
•    Reducing the hours of work
•    Refusing to hire
•    Not promoting deserving workers
•    Unlawfully discharging employees

To help these citizens more regarding their rights, the DLSE had made procedures, which can be easily followed. The information that is provided here could be retrieved and accessed at the website of the DLSE.
To be able to file a complaint, the worker must first fill up the available forms from the agency. They can be requested through calling the agency’s office or an easier way is through downloading them from the agency’s website. The documents after they have been filled out will be sent to the DLSE office. However, copies to be sent should not be the original copies. All of forms must be signed and sent to this address:

•    Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
Discrimination Complaint Investigation Unit
2031 Howe Ave., Ste. 100
Sacramento, CA 95825

Afterwards, the DSLE will the review the case and if the agency found out that it is not under its jurisdiction, it will transfer the complaint to the Retaliation Complaint Investigator (RCI) under the Labor Commissioner.

The complainant will be informed by the DSLE that even if there has been a complaint filed in their department it does not prevent the worker from making another lawsuit against the ailing company. Workers must be notified that their complaint should be filed six months from the date from the occurrence of the retaliation or discrimination.