Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. A charge of discrimination can be completed through our online system after you submit an online inquiry and we interview you.The Ohio Civil Rights Commission investigates charges of discrimination in employment within the State of Ohio. On December 22, 2020, the Ohio General Assembly passed sweeping r to the state's employment discrimination statute, RC Chapter 4112. Ohio's new anti-discrimination laws as outlined in the Ohio Employment Law Uniformity Act (HB 242) (ELUA) reflect changes to the filing requirements. The Ohio Employment Law Uniformity Act aligns Ohio law with federal law in the area of employment discrimination claims. Title VI prohibits discrimination based on "race, color, or national origin …under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Ohio had its own antidiscrimination laws in 1959, five years prior to Title VII. In the 1970s, for example, some federal courts held that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act did not protect transgender employees from discrimination. 1. The Supreme Court of the United States has recognized that Title VII protections apply with equal force to white, or "majority," workers.