No FMLA Violation Where Employee, Whose Fitness for Work Was Not Clear, Was Not Permitted to Return to Work before FMLA Leave Ended: Seventh Circuit | Practical Law
In a case of first impression, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held in James v. Hyatt Regency Chicago that an employer did not violate the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by granting an employee his full 12-week FMLA leave and reinstating him only after the leave ended, despite the employee's claim that he should have been allowed to return to work earlier.