Employment – discrimination — adverse employment action

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United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit

Civil

Employment – discrimination — adverse employment action

Where an employee voluntarily quit her job, summary judgment was properly granted to the employer on her discrimination claim.

“[W]e agree with the district court that there is no evidence to support a claim that Andrews suffered an adverse employment action. The undisputed facts establish that she voluntarily left her job at the Cracker Barrel in Caseyville, apparently anticipating a transfer to the Mt. Vernon restaurant. But she never formally applied for a transfer and was not offered a shift or a start date at the other restaurant. And she concedes that she never returned to work at the Caseyville restaurant after her paid vacation expired. Because Andrews did not suffer an adverse employment action, all of her claims necessarily fail, and the district court properly entered summary judgment for Cracker Barrel.”

Affirmed.

12-3399 Andrews v. CBOCS West, Inc.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Stiehl, J., Sykes, J.