The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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ISBN: 9781305764460
Author: Frank B Cross/ Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: CENGAGE C
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Chapter 20, Problem 2BS
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Case summary: Person S worked for company A. He pleaded for some time off from the workplace for his treatment of alcoholism from 29th April to 31st May under family and medical leave act (FMLA). He was hospitalized and when he did not resume his work from 1st June, company S fired him.
To explain: Whether there was violation of the FMLA act in this case.
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