Filing a Charge of Employment Discrimination - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

If you believe that you have been discriminated against at work because of your race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information, you can file a Charge of Discrimination. A charge of discrimination is a signed statement asserting that an employer, union or labor organization engaged in employment discrimination. It requests EEOC to take remedial action. This page offers a description of the process to be followed to file a charge of employment discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.