; (iii) an individual required to be afforded those protections by an employer described in paragraph (5)(C); (iv) an individual required to be afforded those protections by an employer described in paragraph (5)(D); or (v) an individual required to be afforded those protections by an employer described in paragraph (5)(E); and (B) in the case of an individual required to be afforded protections under section 301(b) by a covered establishment, that individual. (4) Employee The term employee means— (A) an employee (including an applicant), as defined in section 701(f) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e(f) ); (B) a State employee (including an applicant) described in section 304(a) of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16c(a)); (C) a covered employee (including an applicant), as defined in section 101 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1301 ), including an individual treated as a covered employee under that section; (D) a covered employee (including an applicant), as defined in section 411(c) of title 3, United States Code; or (E) an employee or applicant to which section 717(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e–16(a) ) applies. (5) Employer The term employer means— (A) an employer (as defined in section 701(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e(b) )); (B) an entity employing a State employee described in section 304(a) of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991; (C) an employing office, as defined in section 101(a) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ( 2 U.S.C. 1301(a) ); (D) an employing office, as defined in section 411(c) of title 3, United States Code