Vivian J. Smart v. Ball State University

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• concluding that negative employer evaluations, even if undeserved, were not alone sufficient to show an adverse employment action
• recognizing that “adverse employment action” is defined quite broadly and can be premised on terms and conditions of employment apart from hours, pay, or benefits
• holding that a negative performance evaluation was not an adverse employment action where employer did not take any other action against the employee
• holding that negative performance evaluations alone cannot constitute an adverse employment action
• holding that negative performance evaluations alone cannot constitute an adverse employment action
• holding that a negative criticism or performance evaluation, unaccompanied by a materially adverse change in the terms or conditions of employment, does not constitute adverse employment action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).