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Did Recruiter’s Request for Time Off to Care for Ailing Spouse Keep FMLA Case Alive?
Did Recruiter’s Request for Time Off to Care for Ailing Spouse Keep FMLA Case Alive?

What Do You Think? The FMLA is not like a Harry Potter movie: it doesn’t take magic words to open the door to medical leave or to trigger an employer’s obligations under the statute. But […]
Was University Diversity Investigator ‘Operating on Fumes’ FMLA-Eligible?
Was University Diversity Investigator ‘Operating on Fumes’ FMLA-Eligible?

What Do You Think? It’s probably not much fun investigating sexual harassment at a university, or anywhere else, for that matter. The stress might even trigger mental health challenges -- as it apparently did in […]
Was Firing Employee whose Husband was Terminal FMLA Retaliation?
Was Firing Employee whose Husband was Terminal FMLA Retaliation?

What Do You Think? The FMLA allows an eligible employee to take leave to care for a spouse or other family member. Employees that interfere with that right risk retaliation lawsuits. A case involving a […]
Court Declines to Put Brakes on FMLA Interference Claim Against Car Dealership 
Court Declines to Put Brakes on FMLA Interference Claim Against Car Dealership 

HR Homeroom Employers can face FMLA interference claims when they flatly refuse to grant leave or outright terminate an employee after he returns from medical leave.  A case involving an employee for a car dealership […]
Can Coughing Cook Fired During Leave Assert FMLA Interference Claim?
Can Coughing Cook Fired During Leave Assert FMLA Interference Claim?

What Do You Think? A case involving a Brooklyn cook who was hopefully not coughing into the soup before he took time off for bronchitis asks the question, how serious does an illness have to […]
Could ‘Loin-Puller’ Mechanic Sue Pork Processor for FMLA Interference?
Could ‘Loin-Puller’ Mechanic Sue Pork Processor for FMLA Interference?

What Do You Think? Sometimes it takes a jury to decide whether an employee has established an FMLA interference claim. A case in point involves an employee who worked as a skilled mechanic at a pork-processing […]
Was 4th Pregnancy Reason Bank Fired Employee?
Was 4th Pregnancy Reason Bank Fired Employee?

What Do You Think? While the timing of terminating an employee matters when it comes to avoiding FMLA disputes, so do other circumstances. One case shows, for example, how the level of clarity surrounding the […]
Did Company Need to Pick ADA Accommodation When Welder Asked for FMLA Leave?
Did Company Need to Pick ADA Accommodation When Welder Asked for FMLA Leave?

What Do You Think? Chattanooga, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer must work with an employee to identify possible accommodations once that worker requests an accommodation under the ADA. But what if the employee merely asks […]