Labor/Employment
Jun. 4, 2010
Employer to Be Tried on FMLA Claims
A terminated employee proceeds to trial on claims that her employer interfered and retaliated against her right to take medical leave, writes Frances Rogers of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore.
The U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitles an eligible employee to take an unpaid leave of absence of up to 12 weeks in any given 12-month period due to the employee's own serious health condition or to care for a parent, child or spouse with a serious health condition. Employers are required to reinstate the employee to his or her former position upon the employee's return from FMLA leave and may not retaliate or disc...
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