Smith v. Quintiles Transnational Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that placement on a performance improvement plan was a materially adverse action for purposes of a retaliation claim because the plan resulted in, among other things, “an increased workload”
• holding that plaintiffs placement on a performance improvement plan was an adverse employment action because it resulted in increased workload, increased reporting requirements, increased supervision, and tempo- rarity prevented plaintiff from receiving pay raises or bonuses
• finding that similar PIP was an adverse action in support of a Title VII retaliation claim
• finding PIP to be materially adverse, in part because it demanded increased supervision and temporarily deprived plaintiff of pay raises or bonuses
• analyzing a claim under the ADA from a plaintiff who suffered from arthritis
• “[T]he record is bereft of evidence to show that [Defendant’s] decisions to place the Plaintiff on the PIP and terminate her were related in any way to the Plaintiffs ... complaint.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).