Employment Discrimination

Title VII: Equal Employment Opportunity

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), or national origin. It also protects individuals from retaliation for filing a complaint or participating in an investigation.

At NJIT, Title VII protections apply to all aspects of employment, including:

• Recruitment, hiring, and promotion
• Compensation and benefits
• Work assignments and conditions
• Training, professional development, and evaluation

NJ Law Against Discrimination

Prohibits discrimination and bias-based harassment based on actual or perceived:

• Race or color;
• Religion or creed;
• National origin, nationality, or ancestry;
• Sex, pregnancy, or breastfeeding;
• Sexual orientation;
• Gender identity or expression;
• Disability;
• Marital status or domestic partnership/civil union status;
• Veteran Status;
• Age;
• Atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, the refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test.

Where to Report an Incident

If you have questions about Title VII compliance or wish to report an incident of workplace discrimination or retaliation, please contact the Department of Institutional Access:

Email: institutional-access@njit.edu
Online Reporting Form: Submit here

Reports submitted on behalf of someone else may be limited in the information NJIT can provide due to confidentiality. Anonymous reports are reviewed, but the University’s ability to act on them is limited.

Primary Contact at NJIT:
Kristie Damell, Ed.D.
Assistant Vice President of Institutional Access
CKB L-71
kdamell@njit.edu
(973) 596-3446

Additional Support:
Employee and Labor Relations
Department of Human Resources
(973) 596-2665

External Reporting:

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  eeoc.gov
  1-800-669-4000 | TTY: 1-800-669-6820
   
• New Jersey Division of Civil Rights
  For violations of the NJ Law against Discrimination
  File a Complaint: bias.njcivilrights.gov/en-US/ 

Title VII Resources and NJIT Policies

• NJIT Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Discriminatory Harassment Policy 
• ​​NJIT Pregnancy Policy
• New Jersey Law Against Discrimination
• EEOC: Know Your Rights 
• EEOC: Religious Discrimination
• Retaliation Protections under Title VII 
• EEOC: Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against the Law