EMPLOYER DISCRIMINATION; ADVERSE ACTIONS – In General
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503.01000 – In General
In determining whether an employer’s action is adverse, the Board uses an objective test and will not rely upon the subjective reactions of the employee. (Chula Vista (2018) PERB Decision No. 2586, pp. 24-25.) “The test which must be satisfied is not whether the employee found the employer’s action to be adverse, but whether a reasonable person under the same circumstances would consider the action to have an adverse impact of the employee’s employment.” (Id. at p. 25, quoting Newark Unified School District (1991) PERB Decision No. 864, pp. 11-12.) The reasonable person test guides us equally when the employer’s alleged adverse action is a warning of a possible future action. (Chula Vista, supra, at p. 25.) (pp. 17-18.)