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A Cautionary Tale: How Sudden Changes to Intermittent FMLA Can Cost You

By Katrin U. Schatz on January 17, 2017
Posted in FMLA, Leave

A January 9 decision by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals serves as a vivid reminder that employers must tread with great caution when managing intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. As the ruling in Wink v. Miller Compressing Company highlights, making abrupt changes in leave accommodations or providing misinformation about leave…

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