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Bob, the branch manager at Plano Bank, hires Mary as a teller. A few months later, he urges her to engage in some sexual activity with him in return for a promotion to the post of senior teller. Fearful about losing her job, Mary agrees. After a year of an intermittent sexual relationship with him, she tells him that the relationship is over. When she applies for the job of assistant branch manager, Bob selects another employee in the branch with less experience for the job. In spite of the bank’s well-developed sexual harassment policy, which requires complaints of sexual harassment be made to the human resources department, Mary files a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Which of the following holds true in this case?

A person using the name “Bob” was hired by the accounting department at Python Company, Inc. Bob underwent sex reassignment surgery, after which he/she preferred the name “Bobbie.” The company terminated Bob/Bobbie for being transgender. Which of the following statements is true in this situation?

Differences in wages are permitted under the Equal Pay Act (EPA) if based on age or family size.

Being female can be a BFOQ for a flight attendant position if the airline markets itself as having pretty and flirtatious stewardesses.

Quid pro quo sexual harassment occurs when the harassment is unwanted by the victim, is based on the victim’s gender, creates for the victim a hostile or abusive work environment, unreasonably interferes with the victim’s ability to do his or her job, is sufficiently severe and/or pervasive, and affects a term or condition of the victim’s employment.

Claims of national origin harassment are actionable only if the harassment frightened the employee.

There are two theories on which an action for sexual harassment may be brought: quid pro quo sexual harassment and offensive touching sexual harassment.

A person whose birth certificate provides the name “Mary” identifies as transgender and prefers to be called Mario. Mary/Mario would like to follow the employer’s dress code for men, but the employer requires that Mary/Mario follow the female dress code. In Texas, the employer can so require. (Source: SG)

Mary wishes to bring a racial discrimination lawsuit against her employer under 42 U.S.C. Section 1981. Which of the following actions must she take in order to process her case?

In hostile work environment sexual harassment situations, an employee is required to engage in sexual activity in exchange for workplace entitlements or benefits such as promotions, raises, or continued employment.