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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.

Plaintiffs face uphill battle for self-leave FMLA suits 

By: Correy E. Stephenson and Steve Lash
Published: March 27, 2012

Tags: family leave, Family Medical Leave Act, FMLA, self-care

State employees seeking to file suit under the Family and Medical Leave Act’s self-care provision face an unlikely future after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Last week, the Court issued a plurality decision in Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals holding that Congress could not abrogate states’ sovereign
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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.

Supremes hear arguments over self-leave FMLA suits 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 11, 2012

Tags: Discrimination, FMLA, self-care leave, Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – In enacting the self-leave provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act, was Congress seeking to address gender discrimination in the workplace?

That was the question at the center of the debate Wednesday during oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court case Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland, which considers whether Congress abrogated states’ sovereign immunity from FMLA claims involving self-care leave.

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.

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?

See “Justices to decide state immunity under FMLA”

Coleman v. Maryland Court
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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.