Performance Appraisals and Discrimination Suits: Do Courts Pay Attention to Validity?

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

The Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volume

4

Issue

2

Publisher

Springer Verlag

First Page

149

Last Page

163

Publication Date

1991

Abstract

Performance appraisals have been reviewed by courts when there is an allegation they were used in a discriminatory manner. This article evaluates several federal court cases where performance appraisals were at issue. This analysis leads to the conclusion that courts give very little direction to employers and employees as to whether a particular type of performance appraisal system will withstand judicial scrutiny.

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