How Far Can You Stretch the FMLA
Provision?
The limits of an FMLA covered leave
were understood in a recent case
involving a medical technologist at a
hospital.
The employee secured
intermittent leave under the FMLA
citing the reason of taking care of his...
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How Far Can You Stretch the FMLA
Provision?
The limits of an FMLA covered leave
were understood in a recent case
involving a medical technologist at a
hospital.
The employee secured
intermittent leave under the FMLA
citing the reason of taking care of his mother who was a patient of
arthritis, high blood pressure, diabetes and weight loss.
The individual
was granted leave for the express reason of giving her food and taking
her to the doctors for her various appointments.
FMLA Leave for Cleaning Flooded Basement?
The employee took intermittent leave for quite a few months for the same
reason, but then gave another reason for taking 4 consecutive days of
leave - cleaning the flooded basement of his mother.
He also did not call
in these leave days, violating the hospital policy.
The hospital was then
forced to terminate him when he requested further leave again to clean
up the basement claiming it was detrimental to his mother’s health.
The
employee then sued, charging FMLA rights
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