Performance Improvement Plan Is Not An Adverse Employment Action Under ADEA: Third Circuit | Practical Law

Performance Improvement Plan Is Not An Adverse Employment Action Under ADEA: Third Circuit | Practical Law

In Reynolds v. Dept. of the Army, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a performance improvement plan, standing alone, is not an adverse employment action under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.  The Third Circuit is now in accord with the Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Circuits on this issue. 

Performance Improvement Plan Is Not An Adverse Employment Action Under ADEA: Third Circuit

by PLC Labor & Employment
Published on 11 Aug 2011 • USA (National/Federal)
In Reynolds v. Dept. of the Army, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a performance improvement plan, standing alone, is not an adverse employment action under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The Third Circuit is now in accord with the Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Circuits on this issue.