Mary was employed as a flight attendant by Penguin Airlines. She was the only black female flight attendant on the airplane she was assigned to. At her job, Mary was frequently subjected to racial slurs, misbehavior, and threats from her co-workers. One co-worker even told their supervisor that the airline’s customers would not want to take orders from a black girl in the case of an in-flight emergency. Unable to tolerate the hostile environment, Mary quit her job. Which of the following holds true in this scenario?

Employers should not take anonymous complaints of sexual harassment seriously as they violate the due process rights of the alleged harasser.

When a female employee is repeatedly verbally harassed about doing men’s work, taking away the job a man should have, or simply inappropriately working at a traditionally male job, that behavior can constitute sexual harassment.

In employment law, “glass ceilings” are the invisible, artificial and attitudinal barriers in the workplace. 

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act:

Which of the following refers to a clause in a contract that identifies the state law that will apply to any disputes that arise under the contract?

Mary and Bob are part of the cheese production team at the Heath Dairy. All of the team members share a harmonious work relationship. However, a calendar featuring a semi-nude woman in a sexually suggestive pose on Bob’s desk makes Mary uncomfortable. She asks Bob to remove it, but Bob does not oblige, insisting that he has been getting that same brand of calendar for five years and sees no reason to replace it now. To file and prevail on a sexual harassment claim, Mary must prove that:

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 permits employer actions that discriminate based on race-linked illness.

Roberto, a African American employee at Eager Beaver Tire Manufacturing Company, contacted the plant manager to inform him that his supervisor, Bill, treated him in a bad manner simply because he was African American. After Bill learned that Roberto had complained, Bill told other supervisors that Roberto was lazy and irresponsible, and he made jokes about Roberto’s accent. Which of the following holds true in this scenario?

Under the common-law agency test, the most critical factor in determining employee status is whether a(n):