The XYZ Company had twelve employees for the first half of 2011. It signed a contract with a major retailer in June 2011 and hired an additional eight employees to handle the extra work. The contract was cancelled in January 2012, and the company laid off the eight new hires. In March 2012, an employee was fired. If the employee believed that the termination was discriminatory, could the employee have brought a case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act?