March 19, 2014
In securing clarification that employees may affirmatively decline coverage under the Family and Medical Leave Act even if departing work for an FMLA-covered reason, attorneys for Mayer Brown LLP kept the factual record at the fore even in the face of a vigorous interest group on the plaintiffs bar to seal a win for Foster Poultry Farms Inc.
February 25, 2014
The Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that an employee can affirmatively decline to use Family & Medical Leave Act leave, even if the worker's underlying reason for seeking time off would have invoked the law's protection, upholding a win for Foster Poultry Farms Inc.