Labor/Employment
Nov. 12, 2010
The Role of Performance Evaluations In Employment Discrimination Claims
Performance evaluations can be the key to success, or failure, in employment discrimination suits. By Russell I. Glazer and Julie M. Holden of TroyGould.
Employment discrimination lawsuits often turn on the employer's state of mind. Did the decision maker act for discriminatory reasons? Or was the decision based on factors having nothing to do with the plaintiff's membership in a protected class? As the state Supreme Court put it, "direct evidence of intentional discrimination is rare," so "such claims must usually be proved circumstantially."
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