Betz v. Chertoff

How courts have described this case

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• holding that retaliatory act that took place outside of 45–day window was time-barred
• requiring the employee to “report discrimination . . . within 45 days of an occurrence” (citing 29 C.F.R. § 1614.105(a)(1))
• explaining to prevail on a constructive discharge claim, a plaintiff must show that her “working conditions were rendered so objectionable that a reasonable person would have deemed resignation the only plausible alternative”
• “Federal employees generally must report discrimination to an EEO counselor within 45 days of an occurrence.”
• also noting that the claim was not a “hostile work environment claim” to which the Court in Morgan had applied the “continuing violation” doctrine
• “In a variety of cases, this Court has held that [even] such things as loss of supervisory responsibilities, a feeling of being unfairly criticized, dissatisfaction with work assignments, and loss of pay are insufficient to constitute a constructive discharge.”’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).