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Employee with Crying Spells after Daughter’s Sexual Assault Has Viable FMLA Claim

By Jeff Nowak on November 13, 2013
Posted in Court Decisions, Retaliation

depressed woman.jpgKris was forced to endure the unthinkable: her daughter had just become the victim of a sexual assault.

In the weeks that followed, Kris alerted her employer of the assault and the care her daughter would require in the time ahead.  Kris suffered too.  As her doctor would later report, she had crying spells, a…

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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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