California’s Civil Rights Agency

The Department of Fair Employment and Housing is the state agency charged with enforcing California’s civil rights laws. The mission of the DFEH is to protect the people of California from unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, businesses, and state-funded programs, and from bias-motivated violence and human trafficking.

DFEH News and Alerts

October 23, 2020 - DFEH releases Immigration Rights Fact Sheets. View the poster in English (PDF), in Traditional Chinese (PDF), in Simplified Chinese (PDF), in Korean (PDF), in Spanish (PDF), in Tagalog (PDF), in Vietnamese (PDF), in Arabic (PDF), in Hmong (PDF), in Trique (PDF), in Mixteco (PDF), and in Punjabi (PDF).
September 17, 2020 - New release: DFEH's September newsletter. View Newsletter (PDF)
September 14, 2020 - Fair Employment and Housing Council to Hold Hate Violence Hearing View Media Alert (PDF)
August 4, 2020 - DFEH Releases New Online Training for Supervisors to Prevent Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. View press release (PDF)

Get the latest information about the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) from our DFEH News page.

Public Notices and Events

November 4, 2020 – Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice: Staff Training on Human Trafficking and DFEH jurisdiction
November 13, 2020 – American Bar Association: 14th Annual ABA Section of Labor and Employment Conference
November 18, 2020 – Shaw Law Group: Employment Law Hot Topics – A Series (4 of 5)