Susan Whittaker v. Northern Illinois University, Steven Wilhelm, Sr., an Individual, and Jon Slater, an Individual

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• holding that an employee’s negative evaluation and written warnings from her employer were “putatively disciplinary matters” that did not rise to the level of materially adverse actions
• holding that evaluations and written warnings were not adverse actions because none had tangible job consequences and would not have dissuaded a reasonable employee from making a discrimination charge
• holding that an employee’s negative evaluation and written warnings from her employer were “putatively disciplinary matters” that did not rise to the level of materially adverse actions
• holding that a three-day suspension without pay constituted an adverse employment action
• noting that a suspension without pay would constitute an adverse employment action for a retaliation claim
• explaining that “relatively isolated instances of non-severe misconduct will not support a claim of a hostile environment”

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