@kirafonteneau: "We didn't know it was protected leave." It's a defense employers love. It's also not the force field they think it is. An employee was out three weeks recovering from surgery. Her doctor's notes went to her manager. Mid-recovery, she got the call: position eliminated, effective immediately. The company's story was that the layoff was already in motion and they never realized her leave qualified as FMLA. Here's the legal reality. You don't have to say the magic words "FMLA" for protections to kick in. Once your employer has enough information to know your leave might be for a serious health condition, their obligation to recognize it can begin. And a reorganization doesn't automatically make a termination legal. A court will ask whether your leave was a motivating factor in selecting you for the layoff. #EmploymentLaw #FMLA #KnowYourRights #WorkplaceRights #MedicalLeave #EmployeeRights
I'm on medical leave they say i can't come back until i apply for positions and get one because my position been filled. What can i do?
2026-07-11 07:28:16
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Just Yenny :
I went on medical leave and let my employer know since he would not honor unlimited time off as he promised once he got the letter from EDD and locked me out of everything. We met in person and he admitted he knew of my intentions but still fired me and said if I wanted to go back I could work on commissions and in sales when I was the company’s operations manager…what can I do?
2026-06-15 03:27:09
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