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· 4/10/2024

Y. M. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

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  • holding that oral and written reprimands received under progressive discipline system did not constitute adverse employment action where they did not implicate any tangible job consequences
  • holding that neither “unfavorable performance evaluations” nor “oral or written reprimands” constitute adverse employment actions under our case law
  • holding that an adverse action must negatively alter material terms and conditions of employment
  • finding that written reprimands received under progressive discipline policy were not adverse employment actions
  • explaining that a statement’s “temporal proximity” to the adverse action “is often crucial” when determining whether statement qualified as direct evidence of discrimi‐ nation
  • indicating that a negative evaluation is not an adverse employment action where the plaintiff has not shown that the evaluation caused an “immediate” or “inevitable” consequence

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