University Police Officer’s Transfer To “Boring” Campus Was Not Adverse Employment Action
In this
case, a United States District Court held that a
Kansas university was entitled to summary judgment on a female campus police
officer's Title VII retaliation claim. Neither her one-day transfer to a
different campus nor her six-week reassignment from second to first shift was a
"materially adverse" employment action that would support a prima facie case of
retaliation. While the officer might have viewed the campus transfer as
"punishment" because it was "boring," other officers viewed it as a preferable
assignment. As for her shift transfer, the first shift was almost universally
highly desired by police officers. She also continued to receive her second
shift pay differential and her job duties remained essentially the same while
she temporarily worked the first shift.
Jones v. Wichita State
University