Companies And Or Employees That Violate Family Medical Leave Act

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The article,” Employee fired in violation of the FMLA gets bonus damages,” by Tom Spriggle discusses the case, LaMonaca V. Tread Corp (Spiggle, 2016). According to the Tom, Valerie LaMonaca, a director of human resources at Trend Corporation endured the pressure of juggling work and her family. She engaged in a heated conversation where she explained her situation and voiced her thoughts of considering quitting. During the weekend, she exchanged e-mails and text messages with her boss, and on Sunday, she requested an FMLA leave sighting psychological stresses. On Monday, she consulted a doctor regarding the psychological stress and later on, she received a termination email. She filed a complaint against her employer for violation of FMLA. Trend Corporation alleged that there was no violation as she quit her job on Friday but LaMonaca appealed that she only mentioned her consideration of resigning, and he sacked her in retaliation for requesting for FMLA leave. The jury sided with LaMonaca intimating that Trend Corporation interfered with LaMonaca’s FMLA privileges by unjustly retaliating against her for a...