Termination for disability fraud didn’t violate FMLA 
Published: May 10, 2012
Tags: disability benefits, Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, fraud, retaliation
An employer didn’t violate federal medical leave law when it fired an employee after concluding that he was fraudulently receiving disability benefits, the 6th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
Employee’s FMLA claim barred by estoppel
Published: April 2, 2012
Tags: disability benefits, estoppel, Family and Medical Leave Act
An employee who suffered a stroke was judicially estopped from claiming that he was able to return to work for purposes of pursuing a lawsuit under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Published: March 20, 2012
Tags: Family and Medical Leave Act
A state employee who was denied leave for his own sickness cannot sue the state for violating the Family and Medical Leave Act.
States immune from lawsuits over sick time, SCOTUS rules
Published: March 20, 2012
Tags: Eleventh Amendment, Family and Medical Leave Act, Supreme Court
A state employee who was denied leave for his own sickness cannot sue the state for violating the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision.
FMLA protects life support decision-making
Published: February 21, 2012
Tags: Family and Medical Leave Act
The Family and Medical Leave Act protects an employee who needed to leave work in order to confer with family members regarding whether to take his mother off life support, the 6th Circuit has ruled in reversing summary judgment.
FMLA rule changes would benefit military families
Published: February 10, 2012
Tags: Department of Labor, DOL, Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, military family leave
The Department of Labor has announced proposed revisions to regulations implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act that would expand military family leave provisions and incorporate a special eligibility provision for airline flight crew employees.
Gov’t supervisor may be liable for FMLA violation
Published: February 3, 2012
Tags: fair labor standards act, Family and Medical Leave Act, FLSA, FMLA, supervisor liability
A supervisor at a public agency may be individually liable for alleged violations of a subordinate’s right to medical leave under federal law, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
FMLA protects pre-eligibility request for leave
Published: January 12, 2012
Tags: Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, retaliation
An employer may be liable for firing a pregnant employee after being informed that she planned on taking maternity leave after she became eligible under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the 11th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Subordinate’s account of employer’s bias isn’t hearsay
Published: November 14, 2011
Tags: Family and Medical Leave Act, Federal Rules of Evidence, hearsay, pregnancy discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination Act
A subordinate’s alleged statements concerning a decision-maker’s reasons for terminating a pregnancy discrimination plaintiff are not hearsay and therefore admissible, the 7th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
FMLA plaintiff can’t sue over exacerbation of illness
Published: September 8, 2011
Tags: disability discrimination, Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA
A plaintiff suing for violations of federal medical leave law could not recover damages under the theory that his employer’s alleged misconduct exacerbated his preexisting medical condition, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
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