Atlanta Cop Wins Revival of Retaliatory Schedule Switch Case

A former Atlanta police officer’s move to a less desirable work schedule qualified as an adverse action for a First Amendment retaliation claim against his ex-supervisors, the Eleventh Circuit said in reviving part of his bias case.

Terry Joyner was forced to reduce his hours and income at a second job and lost the ability to consistently pick up his children from school after supervisors moved him from a flexible to a fixed schedule, representing a material change in his work conditions, a three-judge panel ruled Wednesday

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit likened a schedule change ...