The Cuyahoga County Human Rights Commission (CCHRC) receives, hears and decides complaints of discrimination in employment. A charge of discrimination can be completed through our online system after you submit an online inquiry and we interview you.Employment Law Partners advise employees and companies about their rights and duties related to all forms of unlawful discrimination. A Charge of Discrimination can be completed through our EEOC Public Portal after you submit an online inquiry and we interview you. Fairfield Medical Center3 that Title VII does not protect workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation. In the 2004 case of Smith v. Such discrimination would be a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e, et seq. Significant omissions in the Ohio law include sexual orientation and gender identity, both of which are protected classes under Title Vll.