California Fair Employment and Housing Act
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The California Fair Employment and Housing Act is a state civil rights law that prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment and housing based on protected characteristics such as race, sex, disability, and religion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California Fair Employment and Housing Act canonical | 2 |
| FEHA | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2501571 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Fair Employment and Housing Act Context triple: [California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, enforces, California Fair Employment and Housing Act]
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A.
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing is a state civil rights agency responsible for enforcing laws that prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations in California.
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B.
California Labor Code § 2805
California Labor Code § 2805 was a now-repealed California statute that regulated the employment of unauthorized immigrants and was central to the U.S. Supreme Court’s preemption analysis in De Canas v. Bica.
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C.
Illinois Human Rights Act
The Illinois Human Rights Act is a state civil rights law that prohibits discrimination in areas such as employment, housing, public accommodations, and financial credit based on protected characteristics.
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D.
California state law
California state law is the body of statutes, regulations, and legal principles enacted and applied within the state of California that governs public and private conduct, institutions, and governmental agencies.
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E.
California Employment Development Department
The California Employment Development Department is a state agency responsible for administering unemployment insurance, disability insurance, paid family leave, and various workforce and labor market programs in California.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Fair Employment and Housing Act Target entity description: The California Fair Employment and Housing Act is a state civil rights law that prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment and housing based on protected characteristics such as race, sex, disability, and religion.
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A.
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing is a state civil rights agency responsible for enforcing laws that prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations in California.
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B.
California Labor Code § 2805
California Labor Code § 2805 was a now-repealed California statute that regulated the employment of unauthorized immigrants and was central to the U.S. Supreme Court’s preemption analysis in De Canas v. Bica.
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C.
Illinois Human Rights Act
The Illinois Human Rights Act is a state civil rights law that prohibits discrimination in areas such as employment, housing, public accommodations, and financial credit based on protected characteristics.
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D.
California state law
California state law is the body of statutes, regulations, and legal principles enacted and applied within the state of California that governs public and private conduct, institutions, and governmental agencies.
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E.
California Employment Development Department
The California Employment Development Department is a state agency responsible for administering unemployment insurance, disability insurance, paid family leave, and various workforce and labor market programs in California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
California state statute
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anti-discrimination law ⓘ civil rights law ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
employers
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employment agencies ⓘ housing providers ⓘ labor organizations ⓘ landlords ⓘ property managers ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| covers |
compensation
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conditions of employment ⓘ firing ⓘ hiring ⓘ privileges of employment ⓘ rental housing ⓘ sale of housing ⓘ terms of employment ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | California Civil Rights Department ⓘ |
| hasScope | broader protections than federal law in some areas ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| previouslyEnforcedBy | California Department of Fair Employment and Housing ⓘ |
| prohibits |
discrimination
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harassment ⓘ retaliation ⓘ |
| protectsCharacteristic |
age
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ancestry ⓘ color ⓘ disability ⓘ gender ⓘ gender expression ⓘ gender identity ⓘ marital status ⓘ medical condition ⓘ national origin ⓘ pregnancy ⓘ race ⓘ religion ⓘ sex ⓘ sexual orientation ⓘ veteran status ⓘ |
| provides |
administrative complaint process
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right to file civil lawsuit ⓘ |
| regulates |
employment
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housing ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| requires |
interactive process for disability accommodation
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reasonable accommodation for disability ⓘ reasonable accommodation for pregnancy ⓘ |
| shortName |
FEHA
ⓘ
linked to:
California Fair Employment and Housing Act
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: California Fair Employment and Housing Act Description of subject: The California Fair Employment and Housing Act is a state civil rights law that prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment and housing based on protected characteristics such as race, sex, disability, and religion.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
→
enforces
→
California Fair Employment and Housing Act
ⓘ
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
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legalAuthority
→
California Fair Employment and Housing Act
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linked to: California Fair Employment and Housing Act