Billeigh H. Riser, Jr. v. Target Corporation

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “an employer’s failure to inform an employee of what is expected of [her] is not evidence of discriminatory animus”
• holding employees were not similarly situated when their duties varied, they had different responsibilities, and they worked different shifts
• acknowledging that the employment-discrimination laws have not vested in the federal courts the authority to sit as super-personnel departments reviewing the decisions made by employers except to the extent that those judgments involve intentional discrimination
• recognizing the potential tension between these two standards
• where employer has proffered legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for adverse employment action, court may skip analysis of prima facie case and move directly to question of discrimination vel non
• where employer has proffered legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for adverse employment action, court may skip analysis of prima facie case and move directly to question of discrimination vel non

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