Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals from discrimination based on their national origin. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the federal agency which enforces the anti-discrimination in employment laws as discussed under this statute. According to the law, if you have experienced national origin discrimination in your New York City workplace of 15 or more employees, you have 300 days from the date of the last incident to file your claim. Once you receive the Right to Sue letter from the EEOC, you have 90 days to file your complaint in Federal Court.
New York City will allow a claim to be filed with the New York City Commission of Human Rights (NYC CHR) instead of the EEOC for any employee of a company with four or more employees within one year after the date of the last incident of national origin discrimination.