Reassigned SSA Worker’s Bias Suit Revived Under New SCOTUS Test

The Social Security Administration’s reassignment of a branch manager to a nonsupervisory role could be adverse job action under a new Supreme Court test, the Fourth Circuit ruled, reviving her disability discrimination claims.

The decision is the latest example of a worker finding support for an employment bias claim under a standard the justices clarified last year. Judges have been busy applying the new test since the Supreme Court’s decision was handed down.

Muldrow v. City of St. Louis held that an employee suing under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act only needs to show a job action ...