FMLA Retaliation & Disability Harassment: Employee Who Suffers Adverse Action...
When employees take leave from work due to a medical condition and are subject to retaliation upon their return to work, both the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and disability discrimination laws...
View ArticleFMLA: FMLA Protection for Employee Absent from Work 4 Days with Tooth Abscess
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) protects employees who are absent from work due to a serious medical condition. Most often FMLA job reinstatement rights are invoked when there is need for a...
View ArticleFMLA and ADA: Employee Who Takes FMLA Leave, Does Not Return to Work and...
In some circumstances when an employer makes work conditions so intolerable, ultimately causing the employee to no longer work for the employer and retire, an employee may still have viable legal...
View ArticleFMLA: Employee Terminated After FMLA Leave Has Retaliation Claim
Employers cannot terminate employees for exercising an employee’s right to leave from work under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Employees are often able to demonstrate that FMLA leave was a...
View ArticleTerminated Employee “Associated” with Disabled Person Proceeds with ADA Claim
There are occasions when an employee has a need to take a leave from work to assist in the care of a disabled spouse. In certain circumstances where the employer subsequently terminates the employee,...
View Article$484,000 Disability Retaliation Judgment is Affirmed
Recently there has been an increase of reported cases involving employees who require an extended leave of absence as a reasonable accommodation request and suffer repercussions at the workplace. The...
View ArticleEmployer Violates FMLA By Terminating Employee Who Takes Leave to Care for...
The right to leave under the Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) not only applies to an employee who has a medical reason to take leave from work but can also extend to immediate family members. In...
View ArticleTerminated Employee Eligible for FMLA Leave Wins $200,166 Judgment Against...
When an employer terminates an employee shortly after an employee requests a leave from work due to a medical condition, several possible causes of action may exist. One of those causes of action is...
View ArticleEmployee Terminated After Requesting Extended Leave Has Retaliation,...
Employees who experience complications during pregnancy that require leave from work prior to the birth of a child may confront a situation where the employee has exhausted her right to Family and...
View ArticlePennsylvania Employees Can Prove FMLA Retaliation Claims When Leave is a...
When a Pennsylvania employee is terminated shortly after commencing leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), an obvious question arises as to whether the employee’s use of FMLA protected...
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