The XYZ Company had twelve employees for the first half of 2008. It signed a contract with a major retailer in June 2008 and hired an addi- tional eight employees to handle the extra work. The contract was cancelled in January 2009, and the company laid off the eight new hires. In March 2009, 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?