Performance Reviews, Adverse Employment Action, Title VII

PIP This: The Expansion of Actionable Adverse Employment Decisions in the Wake of Muldrow v. City of St. Louis

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL on 5/9/2025

Over the course of the last year, employers have faced increased claims from employees testing what constitutes an actionable adverse action under the anti-discrimination provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...more

Can you take action against an employee for being a pain in the you-know-what?

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 4/17/2025

At least one court says yes. True confession: When I was a little future lawyer, I was sometimes a pain. (So, Robin, you’re saying your personality hasn't changed in all these years?) When I was being especially “high...more

Justices Mull Fundamental Element of Proof in Title VII Case During Oral Argument In Muldrow v. City of St. Louis

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/21/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: One of the most anticipated employment cases of the term was recently argued before the United States Supreme Court. In Muldrow v. City of St. Louis the Court requested the parties address the issue:...more

Filling Vacancies With Internal Candidates Without Application Process Leads to Discrimination Claim

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 7/6/2022

S.G. v. Norristown Area S.D., No. 20-1682, 2021WL 6063122 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 22, 2021) (Federal court allowed a discrimination claim of part-time teacher to proceed arising from a school district’s practice of hiring internal...more

Performance Counseling and Mediation Session Not Considered Adverse Employment Actions Under Title VII

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 7/12/2019

Employees cannot sue under federal anti-discrimination laws for every perceived slight or workplace occurrence. In order to be actionable, the alleged employer conduct must rise to the level of an “adverse employment action.”...more

Performance Reviews › Adverse Employment Action › Title VII

PIP This: The Expansion of Actionable Adverse Employment Decisions in the Wake of Muldrow v. City of St. Louis

Can you take action against an employee for being a pain in the you-know-what?

Justices Mull Fundamental Element of Proof in Title VII Case During Oral Argument In Muldrow v. City of St. Louis

Filling Vacancies With Internal Candidates Without Application Process Leads to Discrimination Claim

Performance Counseling and Mediation Session Not Considered Adverse Employment Actions Under Title VII

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