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Employer in court over FMLA, maternity leave misunderstanding

A jury will hear the case of an employee fired after confusion about how much maternity and FMLA leave she actually had available.

By Marlene Y. Satter | Updated on August 14, 2017
A jury will hear the case of an employee fired after confusion about how much maternity and FMLA leave she actually had available. (Photo: Getty)

Faulty communications over just how much unpaid Family and Medical Leave Act leave, and how much paid maternity leave, an employee was entitled to have landed her employer in court.

HR Dive reports that information in the employer’s handbook on the issue of leave had two separate sections: one discussed employees’ entitlements to 12 weeks of unpaid FMLA leave, while the other offered workers eight weeks of paid maternity leave, with the option to take four more weeks unpaid.

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