employer fire FMLA leave

Employer Pays $100,000 for Failing to Explain FMLA Rights to Sick Employee

By Jim Garrity on January 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

The Orange County, Florida Tax Collector’s Office agreed to pay $100,000 today to settle a claim by our client, Millie Perez-Davis, that its managers failed to tell her that she could take medical leave when she became ill in the… Read More ›

Employer Sets Possible Speed Record For Firing Employee Returning From FMLA Leave

By Jim Garrity on June 17, 2014 • ( 0 )

Congress made it illegal for employers to retaliate against an employee who’s used leave under the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Here’s a good example why that’s important. I currently represent a woman who was fired from her job… Read More ›