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same-actor inference

noun

C2CEFR level
88/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The evidentiary presumption against discrimination when the person who hired an employee is also the one who fired them.

He promoted her a year before firing her, so the same-actor inference cuts hard against any bias claim.

Topic: Employment law in Legal English

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