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In <a href="http://publicdocs.courts.mi.gov:81/SCT/PUBLIC/ORDERS/152844_89_01.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i>Smith v. City of Flint</i>, No. 152844</a>, the Michigan Supreme Court held that a police officer’s reassignment to an undesirable location in Flint during undesirable hours was sufficient to establish a question of fact as to whether the police officer suffered an adverse employment action. &nbsp;In lieu of granting leave to appeal, the Michigan Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals’ decision, which held that, in concluding whether a retaliatory action under the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act (“WPA”) was committed, an adverse employment action must be shown to be more than a mere inconvenience. &nbsp;The Michigan Supreme Court instead agreed with the dissenting opinion, finding that a police officer has properly pleaded an adverse employment action where he is the only patrol officer assigned exclusively to a particularly dangerous section of the department’s jurisdiction.

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The Court also took issue with the Court of Appeals’ decision that the officer failed to properly allege participation in a “protected activity” under the WPA, and vacated the ruling as premature because neither party raised the issue in its pleadings, and the trial court did not reach the issue.&nbsp;The Court remanded the case to the trial court for further proceedings.

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Our earlier post on the Court of Appeals’ decision can be found <a href="https://www.wnj.com/updates/coa-under-the-whistleblowers-protection-act-an-adverse-employment-action-must-be-more-than-an-a-mere-inconvenience" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.

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Police officer’s reassignment to dangerous part of Flint was sufficient to plead a retaliatory action under the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act, says the MSC

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Police officer’s reassignment to dangerous part of Flint was sufficient to plead a retaliatory action under the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act, says the MSC

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