Opinion ID: 3191373
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Heading: Discrimination Complaints and Reassignment

Text: On August 30, 2011, just before PACT selections were made, the plaintiffs made their initial contact with an Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) counselor and asserted that they were the victims of gender and age discrimination. On September 26, 2011, following their non-selection for the PACT pharmacist positions, Bay Pines reassigned the plaintiffs to the outpatient float pool. While their reassignments did not affect their salary or their grades, the plaintiffs no longer spoke with physicians or consulted patients. Instead, as float pharmacists, the plaintiffs performed a “dispensing job” as if they were “on an assembly line.” 17 Case: 15-11709 Date Filed: 04/05/2016 Page: 18 of 31 The plaintiffs believed their reassignments resulted in a loss of “prestige and responsibility.” On October 12, 2011, Dr. Truitt and Dr. Trask each filed a formal complaint of discrimination with the VA. Dr. Truitt subsequently received her 2011 performance review, which rated her compliance performance as “fully successful” rather than “exceptional.” Dr. Trask also testified that in May and June of 2012, just after the parties had provided EEO investigation testimony that spring, management did not allow her to attend certain committee meetings as a union representative.