4 Ways to Contact the EEOC
If you believe you have been discriminated against at work, you can start the process of reporting this information to the EEOC in 4 ways:
- BY PHONE:
Call 1-800-669-4000 to speak with an EEOC representative
who can answer questions you may have. Free interpreters are
available to callers in over 200 languages. ASL Video Phone at
1-844-234-5122 and TTY at 1-800-669-6820.
- ONLINE:
The EEOC’s Public Portal guides you through a few questions to
help determine whether the EEOC is the right federal agency to
handle your concerns. You can also use the portal to schedule an
interview with the EEOC.
- IN PERSON:
The EEOC has 53 field offices serving every state and
U.S. territory. Our office locations can be found at
EEOC.gov. Information about state or local Fair
Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs) that may be
available to assist you with your employment
discrimination concerns can also be found on each EEOC
office webpage, under the “state, local and tribal
programs“ tab. We also provide EEOC office locations
and FEPA information by phone.
- BY MAIL:
You can send the EEOC a signed letter
describing your employment discrimination
concerns. This signed letter becomes what
the EEOC calls a “charge of discrimination”
that states an employer, union, or employment
agency unlawfully discriminated against you.
EEOC.gov has a list of information that you
need to include in the letter. The EEOC will
review your letter and let you know if more
information is needed.