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Who Cares, Where? Being There Required for FMLA “Caring For” Claim

By Jackson Lewis P.C. on September 5, 2011
Posted in FMLA

Recall our recent posts about an employee who took the day off to clean his mother’s flooded basement and argued his absence was protected under the FMLA because he was “caring for” her, and about an employee who took two days off to provide “comfort and support” to his mother after she attended a friend’s…

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