Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 2, § 10013 - Class or Group Complaints
(a) The director or an aggrieved person may
file a complaint for investigation with the department on behalf of a group or
class of persons adversely affected, in a similar manner, by an alleged
unlawful practice.
(b) When an
aggrieved person wishes to file a class or group complaint, the department
shall obtain the following additional information, to the extent available,
from the person at intake:
(1) details
regarding the manner in which the alleged unlawful practice has adversely
affected other persons; and
(2) the
name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and protected status of each
person besides the complainant adversely affected by the alleged unlawful
practice.
(c) The class
complaint shall state that the person is making the complaint on his or her
behalf and on behalf of all others who have been, are, or will in the future be
similarly aggrieved, or words to that effect.
(d) When a class complaint is accepted for
filing, the department shall inform the complainant that, even though class
language has been included in the complaint, the department shall later
determine whether the complaint will be investigated as a class or group
complaint. If the department later determines that neither a class nor group
complaint will be pursued, the department may investigate the complaint as an
individual complaint if circumstances warrant.
(e) Factors the department considers when
determining whether to investigate a complaint as a class or group complaint
include, but are not limited to:
(1) whether
the alleged unlawful practice or its adverse effects can be articulated as
being group or class based; and/or
(2) whether it would be more efficient for
the department to investigate a complaint on a class or group basis rather than
to investigate multiple single complaints filed by individual complainants;
and/or:
(3) whether the respondent
employs a large workforce that may be affected by the alleged unlawful
practice, such that the anticipated remedy would impact a large number of
persons or an entire industry.
(f) The department shall notify the
respondent in writing within one year after the filing of a complaint when the
department determines that a complaint will be investigated as a class or group
complaint. Any such writing also shall be served on the complainant.
(g) For any complaint treated by the
department as a class or group complaint for purposes of investigation,
conciliation, and civil action, any civil action shall be filed within two
years after the filing of the complaint.
(h) When a complaint is pursued as a class or
group complaint, the department shall provide the complainant written notice
that includes, at a minimum, the following statements:
(1) the class or group designation extends
the investigation period one year;
(2) although the investigative period is
extended, the deadline for the department to issue a right-to-sue notice in a
class or group complaint alleging an unlawful employment practice remains one
year from the date the complaint was filed with the
department;
(i) The
director, in his or her discretion, may determine whether a director's
complaint also shall be filed and pursued in conjunction with a class or group
complaint.
Notes
2. Amendment of subsection (g) filed 10-27-2014 as an emergency; operative 10-27-2014 (Register 2014, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-27-2015 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-27-2014 order transmitted to OAL 4-20-2015 and filed 6-2-2015 (Register 2015, No. 23).
Note: Authority cited: Section 12930(e), Government Code. Reference: Sections 12930(f)(1), 12961 and 12965(a), Government Code.
2. Amendment of subsection (g) filed 10-27-2014 as an emergency; operative
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