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: New York Public Personnel LawCar Failure is Not an FMLA-Covered Serious Health Condition
By Harvey Randall, Esq.
Source: The FMLA Blog - http://federalfmla.typepad.com/fmla_blog/
Copyright © 2008. All rights reserved by Carl C. Bosland, Esq. Reproduced with permission. Mr. Bosland is the author of A Federal Sector Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act & Related Litigation.
An employee who was terminated during the probationary period because the employee failed to report to work on time due to car failure did not violate the FMLA. "Car failure is not a serious health condition under the FMLA." Phillips v. Matthews, et. al., No. 4:06CV00925-WRS, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91122 (E.D. Ark. Dec. 10, 2007).
by Carl C. Bosland, Esq.
Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on January 14, 2008 (boomark / email).
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