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When Consistent Enforcement of Your FMLA Policy Is Your Best Discrimination Defense

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bus operator was fired for FMLA falsification and claimed his employer terminated him because he was transgender. The employer’s defense was simple: it fired four other employees for the same conduct around the same time. A federal appeals court just said that’s

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ugh. TL;DR: A transgender bus operator was terminated for FMLA leave falsification after reporting 24 absences to his work location without contacting the employer’s third-party FMLA administrator.

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