Assignment

Based on your advice, Healthy Dog terminated Health-Conscious Harry's employment on January 1, 2010. Health-Conscious Harry believes that Healthy Dog terminated his employment because of his race, African-American.  

1. Assuming Healthy Dog employs 500+ employees, what remedies are available to Health-Conscious Harry under Title VII? This question requires outside research. 
2. Assuming Healthy Dog has a written policy requiring employees to pursue their claims against the Company through the exclusive and mandatory arbitration dispute resolution procedure, must Health-Conscious Harry follow this process to pursue his claims against the Company?
3. Are there any procedural steps under Title VII that Health-Conscious Harry must complete before filing a lawsuit against Healthy Dog?
4. Need Health-Conscious Harry retain counsel to file a claim against Healthy Dog?
5. If Health-Conscious Harry files a lawsuit against Healthy Dog in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in December 2012 without ever having filed an administrative action against Healthy Dog, what defenses are available to Healthy Dog?