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Employee Who Abused FMLA Leave Around the Holidays Properly Terminated

By Jeff Nowak on August 26, 2011
Posted in Abuse of FMLA leave, Interference, Retaliation
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Employers often complain that they see an uptick in the use of sick leave and FMLA leave around the holidays.  In the case of Southwest Airlines, however, one employee clearly took FMLA misuse a bit too far.

Douglas Rydalch was a reservation sales agent for Southwest.  When Southwest closed its reservation center in Salt

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Jeff Nowak is a shareholder at Littler Mendelson P.C., the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing employers. Jeff has two decades of experience advising and litigating on behalf of employers on a wide range of complex employment law matters and is a recognized leader on FMLA and ADA issues, helping employers develop comprehensive strategies to achieve compliance with employee leave and accommodation issues.

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