What this tool is based on
Everything this site asks you and everything it puts in your letter comes from the EEOC's own published guidance and the federal laws the EEOC enforces. Here is each source, with links so you can read them yourself.
The letter format: the EEOC's filing instructions
The EEOC explains how to file a charge of employment discrimination, including by mail. A mailed charge letter must include your name, address, email, and phone number; the same details for the employer, employment agency, or union you're filing against; the approximate number of employees; a short description of the events you believe were discriminatory and when they happened; why you believe you were discriminated against; and your signature. The four intake steps on this site collect exactly those items, and the drafted letter presents them in that structure. See also the EEOC's overview of filing a charge of discrimination.
The deadlines: 180 and 300 days
The reminder that a charge generally must be filed within 180 days of the discrimination — extended to 300 days where a state or local agency enforces a law prohibiting the same kind of discrimination — comes from the EEOC's page on time limits for filing a charge. The closing paragraph of your drafted letter restates this rule.
The protected categories and covered employers
The checklist of reasons you may have been treated unfairly — race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, and retaliation — mirrors the EEOC's summary of prohibited employment policies and practices and its guidance for employees and job applicants, which also explain the coverage thresholds this site mentions (most laws apply to employers with 15 or more employees; 20 or more for age discrimination). The EEOC's page on retaliation covers your right to speak up without punishment.
These categories come from the federal statutes the EEOC enforces:
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — race, color, religion, sex, and national origin
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) — age 40 and older
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Titles I and V — disability, including reasonable accommodation
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) — genetic information
- Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) — sex-based pay discrimination
- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) — accommodations for pregnancy, childbirth, and related conditions
Where the tool points you next
After your letter is drafted, the next steps link to the EEOC's field office locator (for the mailing address your letter needs) and the EEOC Public Portal, where you can also file online. You can reach the EEOC by phone at 1‑800‑669‑4000.
How the drafting works
The letter itself is written by Claude, an AI model from Anthropic. The model is instructed to follow the EEOC letter structure above, to use only the facts you provide — never inventing names, dates, or events — and to leave a clearly bracketed placeholder like [date] wherever a detail is missing. Your answers are sent once to draft the letter and are never stored on our servers.
What this tool is not
This site provides document-drafting help, not legal advice, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the EEOC. It can't evaluate the strength of your claim or predict an outcome. For advice about your situation, consider contacting the EEOC at 1‑800‑669‑4000 or an employment attorney.