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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 […]
Did Supervisor’s Text, Comments Show Walmart Manager Lost Job due to Retaliation?
Did Supervisor’s Text, Comments Show Walmart Manager Lost Job due to Retaliation?

What Do You Think? Boothwyn, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Comments and texts from supervisors can sometimes support an employee’s claim of retaliation. But as a case involving a Walmart store manager shows, the employee still needs to […]
Did WC Claim Cause Meat Plant to Put Worker’s Job in Grinder?
Did WC Claim Cause Meat Plant to Put Worker’s Job in Grinder?

What Do You Think? Sioux Falls, SD (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The steps a company takes to either fuel or put the brakes on an employee’s workers’ compensation retaliation claim tend to repeat themselves from case to […]
Did Employee’s Claim, or Inability to Lift Bulky Furniture, Prompt Termination?
Did Employee’s Claim, or Inability to Lift Bulky Furniture, Prompt Termination?

Cranberry, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Retaliation cases often arise when a worker is fired shortly after getting injured at work. While it may look like retaliation, it’s often the company’s actions and statements in the weeks […]
What Do You Think: Was Teacher with Attendance Issues Fired due to Claim?
What Do You Think: Was Teacher with Attendance Issues Fired due to Claim?

Beachwood, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers’ compensation retaliation cases often boil down to a battle of stories, and which one sounds most convincing and is backed up by tangible evidence. A case involving a daycare center […]
N.J. Nurse Fails to Demonstrate Workers’ Comp Retaliation after Absence-Fueled Termination
N.J. Nurse Fails to Demonstrate Workers’ Comp Retaliation after Absence-Fueled Termination

Montclair, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Terminating a worker right around the same time she engages in workers' compensation activity could raise the potential for a retaliation claim. But as was the case in Wong v. Clara […]
What Do You Think: Was Firing Nurse who Lost Fight with Door WC Retaliation? 
What Do You Think: Was Firing Nurse who Lost Fight with Door WC Retaliation? 

Belleville, NJ (Workerscompensation.com). An employer’s action during the period after which an employee reports an injury and the date she is fired can go a long way to either showing retaliation or negating it.   A […]
Video Supports Fla. Hospital’s View that Fired Mental Health Tech Lost it on Patient
Video Supports Fla. Hospital’s View that Fired Mental Health Tech Lost it on Patient

Atlantis, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Many workers’ compensation retaliation claims come down to the issue of whether the employer genuinely believed an employee’s conduct merited termination.As the case Francois v. JFK Medical Ctr., No. 4D22-1627. (Fla. […]