An employee’s text message to her supervisor telling him that she could not be on call that night because her father was in the emergency room was not a request for FMLA leave. Lanier v. Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (5th Cir. June 12, 2013). Affirming summary judgment for the employer, the court said
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“I am Resigning” is Not a Request for FMLA Leave
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
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Is a resignation a request for FMLA leave? Of course not most would say, but it depends on whether you ascribe to words their plain meanings. One of the more well-known exchanges concerning the meaning of words occurred between Humpty Dumpty and Alice in "Through the Looking Glass."
“When I use a word…‘it means just…