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Employee’s FMLA Claim Dismissed After Taking a Trip to Cancun

By Jeff Nowak on May 24, 2011
Posted in Abuse of FMLA leave

Employees should think twice before setting off on a Cancun vacation while out on FMLA leave.  In an FMLA decision that smacks of pure common sense, a federal court has upheld an employer’s reasonable work rules that restricted an employee’s travel outside the immediate vicinity while on FMLA leave.  Pellegrino v. CWA (pdf).

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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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