• Employment
• Housing
• Places of Public Accommodation (restaurants, theaters, stores, etc.)
• Credit
• Higher Education (against persons with disabilities)
  
• Retaliation (retaliation involves some sort of revenge for reporting discrimination, for being involved in a previous charge of discrimination, for testifying in a discrimination case, or for opposing discrimination.

• Race (e.g., African American, Caucasian, Asian, etc.)
• Color (e.g., black, white, light skinned, dark skinned, etc.)
• Religion (e.g., Jewish, Muslim, Christian, etc.)
• Sex (e.g., male, female, pregnancy, sexual harassment, sexual stereotyping, etc
• National Origin (e.g., you were born in China, Mexico, etc.)
• Ancestry (e.g., your ancestors were born in China, Mexico, etc.)

Disability (having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits your ability to care for yourself, perform manual tasks, walk, see, speak, breathe, learn, or other major life activities; or having a record of a physical or mental impairment; or being regarded as having a physical or mental impairment).

Age (i.e., exact date of birth, must be at least 40 years old). Age is not a protected class for housing discrimination.

Familial Status (i.e., having a person under 18 years of age living with you). Familial Status is a protected class for housing discrimination only.

Important Fact:

In the areas of Employment, Public Accommodation, Credit and Higher Education-Disability, a person has 6 months from the date of harm to file a charge of discrimination.

In the area of Housing, a person has one year from the date of harm to file a charge of discrimination.

For assistance in filing a charge with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, please contact or go to the closest Regional Office.

To locate the closest Regional Office, click on the county of your residence.