Bankruptcy trustee can collect undisclosed judgment 
Published: August 16, 2011
Tags: Family and Medical Leave Act
A bankruptcy trustee could collect a $1 million employment award that the debtor failed to disclose as an asset, the en banc 5th Circuit has ruled.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Published: June 27, 2011
Tags: Eleventh Amendment, Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, immunity
Did Congress validly abrogate the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity when it passed the self-care leave provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act?
Justices to decide state immunity under FMLA
Published: June 27, 2011
Tags: Eleventh Amendment, Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, immunity
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Congress validly abrogated the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity when it passed the self-care leave provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Lawyers sanctioned $15,000 in employment suit
Published: June 8, 2011
Tags: Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, Sanctions, wrongful termination
A law firm representing a plaintiff in a wrongful termination suit was sanctioned $15,000 after a federal judge in New York found there was clear evidence that the attorneys attempted to conceal the plaintiff’s new employment from the defendant.
Depressed worker gets $296K for FMLA violation
Published: April 21, 2011
Tags: depression, Family and Medical Leave Act
An employer violated federal law by firing an employee before her return from short-term medical leave for depression, a U.S. District Court in Iowa has ruled in issuing a $296,000 judgment.
Improper burden placed on employee in FMLA case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 18, 2011
Tags: Family and Medical Leave Act
An employee who sued for a violation of her federal rights to medical leave should not have been required to prove that her employer acted unreasonably in refusing to reinstate her, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Employer’s calls may have violated FMLA
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 25, 2011
Tags: Family and Medical Leave Act, retaliation
An employer may have interfered with an employee’s federal right to medical leave by repeatedly calling her at home to check on her status, a U.S. District Court in Arkansas has ruled in denying summary judgment.
Employee who left work for family crisis can’t sue
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 17, 2011
Tags: Family and Medical Leave Act
An employee who left work to handle a medical emergency couldn’t sue under federal family leave law when he was fired after returning to his job nine days later, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
Faith healing trip isn’t covered by FMLA
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 3, 2011
Tags: faith healing, Family and Medical Leave Act
An employee fired while accompanying her seriously ill husband on a faith healing trip couldn’t sue for violations of federal family leave law, the 1st Circuit has ruled.
Alcoholic employee can’t sue for discrimination
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 12, 2011
Tags: alcoholism, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, disability discrimination, Family and Medical Leave Act, Home Depot
An employee who suffered from alcoholism could not sue for discrimination after she was fired for showing up at work under the influence, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
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