BLAW $3400$

M$3$ Employment Discrimination Lyle and Franchina

$15$ Points

Read Practice and Review: Employment Discrimination on page $475.$ In this exercise you will focus on the allegations of sexual harassment. Remember that the text boxes will expand as needed.

Part $1$ Application. In the video for this topic, you learned that there are $2$ key questions to be addressed in order to determine whether a hostile work environment exists. In this part of the assignment, you will identify those questions and explain how a court would answer them, based on the facts of this case. As you consider this, put yourself in the position of a reasonable employee under these circumstances.

List the $2$ key questions in this column:

Based on the facts, explain how a court would answer those questions.

Part $2$: Standard for liability. Assume that the conduct that is described does create a hostile environment. Now, the question is whether Warner Brothers will be held liable for it$.$ In the video, you learned about $3$ standards for liability in a case like this. In this part of the assignment, you will identify which of those applies to this case, and explain whether application of that standard will result in liability.

State below the standard that applies to this situation. Explain whether an application of that standard will result in liability.

Part $3$: Consequences, Remedies. Once it has been determined that there was a hostile work environment, and that the employer is liable, the remedy must be determined. For this part of the assignment, read Franchina v$.$ City of Providence on page $467.$ Read the Critical Thinking question with the heading $$Economic$.$ First, list the remedies that were discussed in the video. Then, explain whether a court is likely to award those to Lori Franchina.

In this column, list the remedies available when an employer violated Title VII. In this column, explain whether a court is likely to award the remedy to Lori Franchina.