Bob was being asked for sexual favors by his boss, Mary. She would force him to meet her outside work and would touch him inappropriately. She even promised him a promotion if he agreed to be sexually intimate with her. Bob reluctantly succumbed to Mary’s demands and got a promotion. When he refused to engage in further sexual activity with Mary, she fired him. Which of the following holds true in this scenario?

Mary, a U.S. citizen, was employed with Blue Whale Mica Inc. in its London office. Blue Whale Mica Inc. is a Delaware-based corporation with its principle place of business in New York. Mary was recently laid off, and she believes she was a victim of gender discrimination. In this scenario, Mary:

As a general rule, disciplining one gender for an act for which the other gender is not disciplined is unlawful under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Emmanuel & Petersen LLP is a reputed law firm that specializes in litigation. The firm is looking for a qualified person to fill the secretary position. A criterion for selection is that the person should be able to type at least 65 words a minute. If a group of male applicants challenges this policy as being discriminatory against generally slower-typing males, the company could defend the typing-speed requirement as a:

Bob employs a large number of Hispanic employees, and there is no reason to believe that Bob discriminates against this group. Bob denies Susan a job because he thinks that she is a light-skinned African American. In reality, Susan is Hispanic. Bob has violated Title VII with respect to Susan.

Since women are the people who can conceive and maintain a pregnancy, employers can apply fetal protection policies to women and not men without violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

While the employee may be required to reimburse the employer if the employer has to pay for the damages, generally the third party goes after the employer because the employee does not have the funds to pay the liability.

Which of the following constitutes national origin discrimination?

Maria is a brown-skinned Latina who works the morning shift as a waitress at the Allen Diner. Maria is later assigned the night shift, and Juliana, a light-skinned Latina who is a new employee at the diner, replaces Maria in the morning shift. When Maria complains to the manager that according to the company’s policy, only new employees who are in training are assigned night shifts, the manager says that he would be willing to reconsider his decision if Maria can improve her complexion. Which of the following holds true in this scenario?

Quid pro quo sexual harassment occurs when a harasser creates an abusive or intimidating work environment but does not engage in sexual activity.