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· 8/22/2005

Chrissie Washington v. Illinois Department of Revenue

Citations

  • 420 F.3d 658
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 17977
  • 86 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 42,049
  • 96 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 545
  • 2005 WL 2000986

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that assignment to new shift that did not allow for a flex-time schedule was a materially adverse employment action for plaintiff who eared-for a disabled son
  • noting that a change of supervisors is not ordinarily sufficiently materially adverse to constitute an adverse employment action in a retaliation claim
  • holding rescission of flex-time schedule for mother with disabled child was a “materially adverse change” for purpose of retaliation claim
  • stating that a tangible employment action must be “significant” in order to qualify as discrimination so that “life’s little reverses are not causes of litigation”
  • stating that a tangible employment action must be “significant” in order to qualify as discrimination so that “life’s little reverses are not causes of litigation”
  • finding that an employer’s intentional and targeted change to an employee’s working hours could be an adverse employment action under narrow circumstances in the retaliation context

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Judges: Easterbrook, Rovner, Sykes

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