The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Mission Statement
The Office of EEO/AA is fully committed to supporting NJ TRANSIT's goal of building a fair, diverse, and inclusive workforce where all employees are empowered to reach their fullest potential by ensuring equal access to employment opportunities, maintaining a workplace free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation for our employees and business partners, providing training and outreach to prevent discrimination and harassment, and investigating and resolving allegations of discrimination and harassment.
Overview
NJ TRANSIT is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to inclusion and diversity. As an advocate of NJ TRANSIT’s commitment, the Office of EEO/AA is charged with ensuring that the agency’s workplace, employment practices, and equal opportunity and affirmative action programs are free from discrimination based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex (including pregnancy and breastfeeding), familial status, marital/civil union status, religion, domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for military service, and mental or physical disability (including perceived disability, and AIDS and HIV status) or any other category protected by federal, state, and local laws now or in the future. Furthermore, NJ TRANSIT expressly prohibits any form of harassment based on the protected categories, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment. These forms of discrimination and harassment are strictly prohibited in the workplace and any location that could reasonably be an extension of the workplace and will not be tolerated. Our office investigates allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; conducts prevention of discrimination and harassment training; and develops and monitors, the Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmation Action Program under Executive order 11246 and the requirements of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
Complaints
All employees, former employees, applicants, and non-employees alleging discrimination, harassment, or retaliation based on a protected category should contact the Office of EEO/AA within three years of the occurrence of the alleged incident. Each complaint will be reviewed and a prompt, thorough investigation will take place. All complaints and investigations shall be handled to the extent possible in a manner that will protect the privacy interests of those involved. To the extent practical and appropriate under the circumstances, confidentiality shall be maintained throughout the investigative process. Retaliation against an individual who files a charge or complaint of discrimination, participates in an employment discrimination proceeding (such as an investigation or lawsuit), or otherwise engages in protected activity is prohibited and will not be tolerated.
Complaints ofdiscrimination can be sent to: Discrimination Complaint Form
NJ TRANSIT Headquarters Attn: The Office of EEO/AA, Two Gateway, 283-299 Market Street, Suite 1800, Newark, N.J. 07102-5310
Email: [email protected]
Hotline Number: (973) 491-8020
In addition to filing an internal complaint, individuals have the right to file a complaint of alleged discrimination and/or harassment simultaneously with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and/or the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR). Please be advised that both the EEOC and DCR have time limits on when complaints may be filed. For additional information, please visit http://www.eeoc.gov and https://www.njoag.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/division-on-civil-rights-home/.
Leadership
Naeem Din
Chief, Office of EEO/AA
[email protected]
973-491-8047
- EEO Discrimination Complaint Process
If you are an employee, non-employee, or applicant for employment and believe you have been subjected to behavior that violates this policy based on the above protected categories or retaliation for an EEO protected activity, and wish to pursue the EEO complaint process, you are encouraged to contact the Office of EEO/AA.
Mail your complaint to NJ TRANSIT Headquarters Attn: The Office of EEO/AA, Two Gateway, 283-299 Market Street, Suite 1800, Newark, N.J. 07102-5310. You may also file a complaint online by completing the online form here. If you need to reach a member of the Office of EEO/AA, please call our hotline number at (973) 491-8020; or send an e-mail to [email protected]
- EEO/AA Policy Statement
- Complaints to External Agencies
Aside from the complaint process at NJ TRANSIT, employees, non-employees, and applicants for employment may also file a complaint with either of the following external agencies, within the timeframes set forth by the agency.
The State of New Jersey Office Division on Civil Rights (“DCR”)
You may contact a regional office or visit njoag.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/division-on-civil-rights-home/division-on-civil-rights-file-a-complaint/ for more information about filing a complaint. The website also contains information for DCR’s regional offices across New Jersey.
Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionThe EEOC has district, area, and field offices where complaints can be filed. Contact the EEOC by calling 1-800-669-4000 (1-800-669-6820 (TTY), visiting their website at www.eeoc.gov, or via email at [email protected].
- EEO/AA Program
In accordance with the requirements of the FTA and Executive Order 11246, NJ TRANSIT has prepared an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Program, which calls for proactive measures to employ and advance qualified females and minorities.