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U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down DOL Regulation That Punishes Employers Who Give More Generous Leave Benefits
March 22, 2002
Neal Mollen, Bonnie Pierson-Murphy & Pat Shea
This week the Supreme Court struck down a Department of Labor regulation that gave employees the right to up to 12 additional weeks of leave if their employer failed to give them individualized notice that a given leave of absence would be counted as leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. In a 5 to 4 decision, the Court invalidated the challenged regulation as manifestly contrary to the FMLA requirement that employees prove actual impairment of their rights and resulting prejudice in order to recover under the statute.
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