Simon is a call center shift leader at an insurance company. This company employs all its employees on an at-will basis. He manages a team of five employees consisting of both males and females. Unfortunately for his team, Simon has significant anger issues and often berates all of the employees on his team, calls them "idiots," "extremely dumb," and "morons," and Simon throws chairs, computer monitors and reams of paper at the employees whenever they do not meet or exceed his unrealistic and physically impossible productivity goals. This pattern of behavior has been going on for almost nine months and occurs at least twice a week. The employees on his team respectfully asked him to stop but he either threatens to fire them or ignores them and laughs at them. Delilah, a female employee of this team believes that she may have Title VII claim. Which of the following statements best describes this scenario? Delilah has a Title VII claim because there was clearly a frequently repeated pattern of pervasive and inappropriate behavior, despite the perpetrator being told to stop. O Delilah has a Title VII claim because there is a violation of comparable worth. O Delilah doesn't have a Title VII claim because her employment is at will and her employment could be terminated at any time. Delilah doesn't have a Title VII claim because of business necessity. O Delilah doesn't have a Title Vil claim because Simon mistreated everyone on his team, not just her.

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Simon is a call center shift leader at an insurance company. This company employs all its employees
on an at-will basis. He manages a team of five employees consisting of both males and females.
Unfortunately for his team, Simon has significant anger issues and often berates all of the employees
on his team, calls them "idiots," "extremely dumb," and "morons," and Simon throws chairs, computer
monitors and reams of paper at the employees whenever they do not meet or exceed his unrealistic
and physically impossible productivity goals. This pattern of behavior has been going on for almost
nine months and occurs at least twice a week. The employees on his team respectfully asked him to
stop but he either threatens to fire them or ignores them and laughs at them. Delilah, a female
employee of this team believes that she may have Title VII claim. Which of the following statements
best describes this scenario?
Delilah has a Title VII claim because there was clearly a frequently repeated pattern of pervasive and
inappropriate behavior, despite the perpetrator being told to stop.
O Delilah has a Title VIl claim because there is a violation of comparable worth.
Delilah doesn't have a Title VII claim because her employment is at will and her employment could be
terminated at any time.
Delilah doesn't have a Title VII claim because of business necessity.
O Delilah doesn't have a Title Vil claim because Simon mistreated everyone on his team, not just her.
Transcribed Image Text:Simon is a call center shift leader at an insurance company. This company employs all its employees on an at-will basis. He manages a team of five employees consisting of both males and females. Unfortunately for his team, Simon has significant anger issues and often berates all of the employees on his team, calls them "idiots," "extremely dumb," and "morons," and Simon throws chairs, computer monitors and reams of paper at the employees whenever they do not meet or exceed his unrealistic and physically impossible productivity goals. This pattern of behavior has been going on for almost nine months and occurs at least twice a week. The employees on his team respectfully asked him to stop but he either threatens to fire them or ignores them and laughs at them. Delilah, a female employee of this team believes that she may have Title VII claim. Which of the following statements best describes this scenario? Delilah has a Title VII claim because there was clearly a frequently repeated pattern of pervasive and inappropriate behavior, despite the perpetrator being told to stop. O Delilah has a Title VIl claim because there is a violation of comparable worth. Delilah doesn't have a Title VII claim because her employment is at will and her employment could be terminated at any time. Delilah doesn't have a Title VII claim because of business necessity. O Delilah doesn't have a Title Vil claim because Simon mistreated everyone on his team, not just her.
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