Seventh Circuit· 10/18/2011

Barton v. Zimmer, Inc.

Citations

662 F.3d 448
2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 20982
113 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 929
2011 WL 4921603

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explaining that adverse employment actions generally fall into three categories: (1) termination; (2) transfers that reduce career prospects; and (3) unbearable changes in conditions
noting that “termination” constitutes an “[a]dverse employment action[] for purposes of the federal antidiscrimination statutes”
holding, in the context of an ADEA discrimination claim, that “[the Plaintiff] was not fired and his compensation was not reduced, so an award of back pay is unavailable”
holding, in the context of an ADEA discrimination claim, that “[the Plaintiff] was not fired and his compensation was not reduced, so an award of back pay is unavailable”
affirming summary judgment because no evidence existed to show that defendant’s action were taken “because Barton took medical leave”
“Receiving a challenging work assignment typically is not sufficiently adverse to amount to a retaliatory adverse employment action.”

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Judges: Sykes, Hamilton

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