Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

31010.9.2 Filing a Complaint

• A discrimination complaint should be filed via a CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Form 693, Discrimination Complaint Form, with the local EEOEqual Employment Opportunity Office (see Office of Internal Affairs) coordinator or Assistant EEOEqual Employment Opportunity Office (see Office of Internal Affairs) Coordinator. A complaint may also be sent directly to the OCROffice of Civil Rights (see OIA) via email at: M_CivilRights@cdcr.ca.gov, or by using the OCROffice of Civil Rights (see OIA), EEOEqual Employment Opportunity Office (see Office of Internal Affairs) Discrimination Complaint Hotline at 1-800-272-1408. An employee may also file an external complaint with a state or federal agency. See External Complaint, 31010.9.4. An employee is not required to confront the person(s) engaged in the conduct believed to be in violation of this policy at any time before or after filing a complaint. If the complaint involves a supervisor(s) or manager(s) in the employee’s direct chain of command, the employee may report the behavior to any uninvolved supervisor, manager, EEOEqual Employment Opportunity Office (see Office of Internal Affairs) Coordinator, Assistant EEOEqual Employment Opportunity Office (see Office of Internal Affairs) Coordinator, or EEOEqual Employment Opportunity Office (see Office of Internal Affairs) Counselor.