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· 3/21/2024

Velilla Reyes, Lemuel v. Reyes Perez, Humberto

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  • holding that it is the employer’s opinion on job performance, not the employee’s self-assessment, that is relevant in this inquiry
  • concluding that employer did not need to supply explanation for adverse employment action because plaintiff failed to make prima facie case
  • concluding that employer did not need to supply explanation for adverse employment action because plaintiff failed to make prima facie case
  • recognizing that ordinarily a period of more than two months “is sufficiently long so as to weaken significantly the inference of causation between the two events”
  • recognizing that ordinarily a period of more than two months “is sufficiently long so as to weaken significantly the inference of causation between the two events”
  • concluding that ten weeks between the protected activity and the materially adverse action gave “rise to a sufficient inference of causation to satisfy the prima facie requirement”

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