The Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Ascension on FMLA claims, finding the HR specialist was properly terminated ...

On April 29, 2024, in McBeath v. City of Indianapolis, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted summary judgment in favor of the City of Indianapolis on a plaintiff’s ...

Most employers have gotten the hang of handling FMLA requests: Make sure the employee is eligible; get paperwork from the provider; and monitor the amount of time taken. Whether all supervisors are ...

A federal appeals court has backed Ascension after it fired an HR specialist following the end of her FMLA leave and a missed ...

In a proposed class action, Warwas v. Spirit Airlines, Inc., a former flight attendant claimed Spirit Airlines interfered with his and other flight attendants’ rights under the Family and Medical ...

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The final prong, then, was for the court to look at whether there was a causal connection between invoking FMLA and Ms G’s being fired from her job. In her argument, Ms G noted that there was a close ...

While the manager had violated policy by previously abandoning her shift without warning twice, she may not have been capable of informing the employer the third time, the 8th Circuit found. It’s not ...

An employee will notify their supervisor and Human Resources of the need to request FMLA leave as soon as possible. If the leave is foreseeable, the employee will give at least 30 days’ advance notice ...

A Home Depot employee says he was fired after requesting medical leave for epilepsy — and race played a role. Robert Green, an African American sales associate at The Home Depot in Philadelphia, has ...

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