Fifth Circuit· 8/18/2023

Hamilton v. Dallas County

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79 F.4th 494

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holding that a plaintiff need only show that she was discriminated against, because of a protected characteristic, with respect to hiring, firing, compensation, or the “terms, conditions, or privileges of employment,” not with respect to an “ultimate employment decision.”
finding that placement on paid administrative leave, combined with other factors, did not meet the standard for a constructive discharge
explaining that the United States Supreme Court’s standard in Burlington is the proper standard for a “retaliatory adverse employment action” under Title VII
rejecting the long-standing requirement that adverse employment action must be a so- called “ultimate employment decision’
rejecting that Title VII applies only to ultimate employment decisions
abrogating prior 5th Circuit authority and holding that an adverse employment action “is not limited to economic or tangible discrimination, and it covers more than terms and conditions in the narrow contractual sense” (citation omitted)

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