The Civil Rights Center’s Office of External Enforcement administers and enforces laws that apply to:

  • Recipients of financial assistance under Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA);
  • One-Stop partners listed in WIOA Section 121(b) that offer programs or activities through the One-Stop/American Job Center workforce development system;
  • For disability matters only, State and local governments and other public entities operating programs and activities related to labor and the workforce, regardless of whether they receive federal financial assistance; and
  • Recipients of financial assistance from, or programs conducted by, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) that are not included in the categories above.

A few examples include:

  • WIOA programs for adults, youth, and dislocated workers
  • State employment service programs
  • The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) for older workers
  • Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
  • Federal employment and training programs for Native Americans and migrant and seasonal farm workers such as the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP)
  • Unemployment Insurance programs
  • Job Corps
  • Other grant programs that are administered by DOL agencies

CRC's Office of External Enforcement processes, investigates, and makes decisions on complaints alleging discrimination on the basis of:

  • Race;
  • Color;
  • Religion (including failure to accommodate);
  • National origin (including Limited English Proficiency);
  • Age;
  • Sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity);
  • Disability (including failure to provide accessible facilities, accommodations or modifications, or equally effective communications); or
  • Political affiliation or belief.

Sometimes CRC’s Office of External Enforcement can also enforce the law prohibiting discrimination on the following basis:

  • Citizenship/status as a lawfully admitted immigrant authorized to work in the United States (applicable to beneficiaries of WIOA-related programs or other programs or activities offered by a One-Stop partner through the One-Stop system);
  • Participation in a program or activity that receives financial assistance under WIOA Title I;
  • Status as a parent (in federally conducted education and training programs, such as Job Corps).

CRC’s External Enforcement also handles complaints alleging: 
Retaliation against, or intimidation of, an individual who takes any of the following actions in covered programs or activities:

  • Files a discrimination complaint;
  • Opposes a practice that is illegal under civil rights law; or
  • Gives information to, testifies at, or takes part in an investigation, a compliance review, a hearing, or any other type of civil rights related activity.