Question $3(2\mathrm{.}75$ points$)$

Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of $1964,$ which of the following occurs

procedurally after an employee$-$plaintiff establishes a prima facie case in an action

alleging disparate$-$treatment discrimination in employment in the form of an illegal

discharge?

The burden of proof remains with the employee$-$plaintiff to establish damages to

a reasonable degree of evidentiary certainty.

The burden of proof shifts to the employer$-$defendant to articulate a legitimate,

nondiscriminatory business reason for the discharge.

The burden of proof shifts to the employer$-$defendant to establish beyond

reasonable doubt that the alleged discrimination did not occur.

The burden of proof remains with the employee$-$plaintiff to prove discrimination

beyond reasonable doubt, the standard of proof in a disparate$-$treatment case.