How
to Contact the Employment Discrimination Bureau
If you have
questions about REDA or wish to file a REDA complaint, you may call the
Employment Discrimination Bureau at 1-800-NC-LABOR (625-2267) if you are
within North Carolina or (919) 807-2823 for Raleigh-area callers. When
you reach the department's automated phone system, please select "Retaliation
by Employers" option.
Please Note: REDA is a North Carolina
state statute that does not protect all types of employment discrimination.
Listed below are Federal agencies that offer protection against other types
of employment discrimination.
EMPLOYMENT
DISCRIMINATION ENFORCED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT:
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC).
Discrimination based on age, race, sex, religion, national origin,
color, disability, or pregnancy is a violation of Federal law and is
enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The
EEOC also enforces sex-based wage discrimination, the Americans with
Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, and the Civil Rights Act. You
may contact the EEOC at http://www.eeoc.gov or
call (800)-669-4000 to locate the office nearest you.
U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL).
Discrimination related to some wage and hour issues and the Family
Medical Leave Act is enforced by the USDOL. You may contact
the USDOL offices in Raleigh at (919) 790-2741, in Charlotte at
(704) 344-6302, or electronically at http://www.dol.gov.
2008 Annual Report