U.S. High Court: Job Transfer Bias Suit Must Show Harm, Not ‘Significant’ Harm

(April 17, 2024, 11:26 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An employee alleging that a lateral job transfer constitutes discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 must show harm, but that showing need not be of “‘significant’ harm,” the U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 17 in an appeal by a St. Louis Police Department sergeant who alleged that her transfer from a position as patrol detective to the Intelligence Division was discriminatory....