Littler Issues Commentary: First Circuit Rejects Per Se Rule That Performance Improvement Plans Automatically Qualify as Adverse Employment Actions
March 27, 2026
March 27, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 27 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on March 26, 2026, by shareholder Gregory Keating and counsel Michael Stefanilo Jr.:
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First Circuit Rejects Per Se Rule that Performance Improvement Plans Automatically Qualify as Adverse Employment Actions
Court highlights that the relevant inquiry is "fact-intensive and PIP-specific"
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This month, in Walsh v. HNTB Corporatio . . .
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First Circuit Rejects Per Se Rule that Performance Improvement Plans Automatically Qualify as Adverse Employment Actions
Court highlights that the relevant inquiry is "fact-intensive and PIP-specific"
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This month, in Walsh v. HNTB Corporatio . . .