Opinion ID: 1004508
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Heading: Change in Job Title and Pay Band

Text: Nationwide concedes that it was unable to determine the circumstances surrounding the changes in Cleary’s job title, from administrative assistant to technical secretary, and pay band, from C to B; however, the company believes that these changes were the result of an administrative action taken by someone who was not aware of the assurances given to Cleary . . . done so that Cleary’s personnel records would accurately reflect the position she was in fact occupying at the time. Appellee’s Br., at 26. Cleary points to no evidence that anyone with knowledge of the harassment complaint was involved in the change. Indeed, despite these changes, Cleary experienced no decrease in salary or benefits, and, since she had not yet reached the salary cap in pay band B, she was not affected by the difference in ceilings between pay bands B and C. Moreover, Cleary does not contend that her assignment to pay band B otherwise affected her salary, such as by qualifying her for lower raises than she would have been entitled to under pay band C. Though Cleary’s raises following transfer were of a lower percentage of her salary than most of the raises she received while assigned to the Lobbying Office, Nationwide insists that this was because of a slight downgrade in performance ratings, from superior to meets expectations, while handling new responsibilities under a new supervisor. Cleary does not purport that she was treated differently than other employees, and she offers nothing more than her own opinion that the decline in raises was a retaliatory gesture. CLEARY v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. 13