Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Ohio state law prohibits workplace discrimination under the Ohio Fair Employment Practices Act (FEPA).Laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of disability allow limited time periods to file administrative complaints and lawsuits. Creating a hostile work environment. The following laws prohibit discrimination in the workplace. You have the right to be free from religious discrimination in the workplace. Employers and their employees can't aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce unlawful discriminatory acts or try to do so. Title VII prohibits discrimination against employees on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion and sex. The University adheres to all federal and state civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination in private institutions of higher education. The primary legislation defining em- ployment discrimination is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.