California Government Code ARTICLE 1 - Unlawful Practices

• Section 12960.
  (a)  This article governs the procedure for the prevention and elimination of practices made unlawful pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 12940) of Chapter...
• Section 12961.
  Where an unlawful practice alleged in a verified complaint adversely affects, in a similar manner, a group or class of persons of which the aggrieved...
• Section 12962.
  (a) The department shall cause any verified complaint filed for investigation under the provisions of this part to be served, either personally or by certified mail...
• Section 12963.
  After the filing of any complaint alleging facts sufficient to constitute a violation of any of the provisions of this part, the department shall make...
• Section 12963.1.
  Upon the filing of a complaint under Section 12960, 12961, or 12980:(a) The department may issue and serve upon an individual, corporation, partnership, association, public entity,...
• Section 12963.2.
  Upon the filing of a complaint under Section 12960, 12961, or 12980:(a) The department may issue and serve written interrogatories on the same individuals and organizations...
• Section 12963.3.
  (a) Depositions taken by the department shall be noticed by issuance and service of a subpoena pursuant to Section 12963.1. If, in the course of the...
• Section 12963.4.
  (a) The department may issue and serve requests for production for inspection and copying of books, records, documents, and physical materials in the possession or under...
• Section 12963.5.
  (a) The superior courts shall have jurisdiction to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of books, records, documents, and physical materials, and the...
• Section 12963.7.
  (a) If the department determines after investigation that the complaint is valid, the department shall immediately endeavor to eliminate the unlawful employment practice complained of by...
• Section 12964.
  Any agreement entered into by conference, conciliation, persuasion, or other dispute resolution shall be reduced to writing, signed by all parties, and, where the department...
• Section 12965.
  (a) In the case of failure to eliminate an unlawful practice under this part through conference, conciliation, mediation, or persuasion, or in advance thereof if circumstances...
• Section 12966.
  Where the department initiates a civil action, or is about to do so, and the party accused of engaging in unlawful practices under this part...
• Section 12971.
  If, at any time during the proceedings described in this part, after a complaint has been served on a respondent, the complaint is withdrawn by...
• Section 12973.
  Within one year of the effective date of every final order or decision issued pursuant to this part, the department shall conduct a compliance review...
• Section 12974.
  Whenever a complaint is filed with the department and the department concludes on the basis of a preliminary investigation that prompt judicial action is necessary...
• Section 12975.
  Any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with any member of the department or the council or any of its agents or...
• Section 12976.
  Any person who willfully violates Section 12946 concerning recordkeeping is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail, not exceeding six months,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018