N.J. Admin. Code § 13:4-2.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 13:4-2.4 - Preparation and contents of verified complaint

(a) A verified complaint shall be filed in a format approved by the Director.

(b) The Division shall aid the complainant in the completion of the verified complaint, except where aid is refused by the complainant or where the complainant submits a completed and signed verified complaint. The Division reserves the right to modify any verified complaint completed by the complainant to meet the Division's jurisdictional and formatting requirements.

(c) The verified complaint shall be entitled in the Department of Law and Public Safety, Division on Civil Rights, and shall set forth in the caption the names of the complainants and respondents.

(d) The verified complaint shall set forth in separate numbered paragraphs the following:

1. The full name of all complainants;

2. The full name and address of all respondents, if known;

3. A brief statement setting forth the facts deemed to constitute the alleged discrimination, including the specific prohibited basis or bases that gave rise to the alleged discrimination;

4. The section of the Law Against Discrimination or Family Leave Act allegedly violated;

5. A statement giving all pertinent facts as to whether any other action, either criminal or civil, has been instituted in the matter. A complainant shall notify the Division if at any time during the pendency of the verified complaint, they file a complaint with any other agency or court concerning the matter that is the subject of the verified complaint;

6. A verification by the person or persons filing the verified complaint that the information provided is true and accurate; and

7. The county in which the alleged discrimination took place.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:4-2.4

Amended by R.2011 d.073, effective 2/22/2011.
See: 42 N.J.R. 2571(a), 43 N.J.R. 436(a).
In (a), substituted "in a format" for "upon a printed form"; in (b), inserted a comma following the fist occurrence of "complaint" and inserted the last sentence; deleted former (d)3; recodified (d)4 through (d)8 as (d)3 through (d)7; in (d)3, inserted ", including the specific prohibited basis or bases that gave rise to the alleged discrimination"; in (d)5, deleted "verified" preceding the second occurrence of "complaint" and substituted the final occurrence of "verified complaint" for "Verified Complaint"; and in (d)6, deleted "notarized signature and" preceding "verification".

Amended by 52 N.J.R. 2109(a), effective 12/7/2020