Question: Wilma Flintstone has started work for Slate Construction in Bedrock, West Virginia. She has 15 years experience as a crane operator, and a strong safety

Wilma Flintstone has started work for Slate Construction in Bedrock, West Virginia. She has 15 years experience as a crane operator, and a strong safety record. Over the past year, Slate Construction has had difficulty recruiting crane operators. In order to run its cranes continuously, Slate Construction requires its crane operators to work full, eight-hour shifts with no breaks except for emergency purposes. After Ms. Flintstone begins working for Slate, she asks the other employees, all of whom are men, what Slates policy is on bathroom breaks. The men tell her that they just urinate over the side of their cranes. Ms. Flintstone immediately reports this to Slates management, all of whom are also male, and they tell her that they are well aware of the matter, and offer to transfer her to another position. The other positions pay less than the crane operator position. Ms. Flintstone tells management that she cannot work a full crane shift without taking a regular, bathroom break. The next day, Ms. Flintstone takes a bathroom break, and management fires her for refusing to follow its rules. Does Wilma have any case against Slate Construction? Why/why not? Explain your answer in detail. How might a court decide this case?

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