Sandella S. Spears v. Missouri Department of Corrections and Human Resources

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• holding a job transfer involving only minor changes in working conditions without a reduction in pay or benefits is not an adverse action
• holding even a poor performance rating does not, in itself, constitute an adverse employment action unless the employer uses the evaluation as a basis to alter detrimentally the terms or conditions of the recipient's employment
• holding a relocation to another correctional facility within the same system not an adverse employment action because there was no impact on title, salary, benefits or other material aspect of employment
• holding a negative review is actionable only where the employer subsequently uses the evaluation as a basis to detrimentally alter the terms or conditions of the recipient’s employment
• holding a relocation to another correctional facility within the same system not an adverse employment action because there was no impact on title, salary, benefits or other material aspect of employment
• holding an evaluation that was changed from “highly successful” to “successful” which “demeaned [plaintiff] in the eyes of her coworkers” is insufficient to transform an unfavorable evaluation into an adverse employment action

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