Recent investigations into the University Health System hospital in San Antonio, also known as the Bexar County Hospital District, revealed that it had violated the Family and Medical Leave Act by forcing a former employee to take continuous leave when she requested intermittent leave.  Officials with the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) performed the investigation.

The WHD found that a former employee at the hospital asked for intermittent leave because of a chronic health condition she suffers.  According to officials, the employee's job could have been performed while she was on intermittent leave, but the hospital refused her request and forced her to take continuous leave.

On continuous leave for 3 months, the hospital employee took more time off than she wanted or needed to, and, as a result, did not earn as much as she usually would or as much as she would have if she had been permitted to take intermittent leave.  The hospital will pay the employee $7,915 to make up for the wages she lost while on continuous leave.

If you have questions about your rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act, contact the Houston family and medical leave lawyers of Ross Law Group by calling 800-634-8042 today. 

A former Kroger employee has filed a lawsuit against her former employer.  The woman claims the grocery store denied her time off from work that she was entitled to under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

In January, the plaintiff, an associate manager at a Kroger in East Texas, suffered multiple back strains while putting up a display for the grocery store.  Doctors advised the plaintiff to take at least a month off work to let her injuries heal.

According to the plaintiff, she returned to work in February because a supervisor at Kroger pressured her to.  Following he doctors' orders, she requested medical leave beginning March 28.

Supervisors told the plaintiff that she would need a third opinion on her injuries before they would grant her request for medical leave, despite the fact that she had already seen five different doctors about her back.  The plaintiff told supervisors that she had already had a third opinion and that she needed to take time off until May 31.  On May 11, she received notice that her request for time off was denied and she was terminated.

To learn more about your rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act, contact the Houston family and medical leave lawyers of Ross Law Group by calling 800-634-8042 today. 

A Tyler woman has filed suit against the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services after she was fired for taking her son with autisim to doctor's appointments and therapy sessions.  The mother filed the lawsuit against her former employer in the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division.

The mother began working for the department's Tyler office in June 2009.  The lawsuit states that she was allowed to take intermittent leave to transport her son to appointments during the first few months of her employment.  But, a human resources manager began denying her requests after she gave a "less than positive" evalutation of a supervisor.

The mother requested time off under the FMLA to take her son to his appointments on several occasions and was eventually terminated in November 2010.  The lawsuit seeks damages for lost income and benefits, punitive damages, liquidated damages, attorney's fees, court costs, and interest. 

Contact the Houston family and medical leave lawyers of Ross Law Group at 800-634-8042 today, if you or someone you know is being denied time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

An East Texas man and former forklift operator recently filed suit against Nestle Waters North America Inc. after being denied time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act and later being terminated for having too many absences.  The lawsuit accuses Nestle of violating the Family and Medical Leave Act and Texas Labor Code.

The man began working at Nestle in June 2005 and was injured getting off of a forklift in March 2008.  The injury required knee surgery and the forklift operator was unable to return to work for two months after the procedure.  After returning to the job, the former Nestle employee says he was still in pain performing his duties as a forklift operator and requested to be transferred to a different position.

His request was denied, as were two requests for time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act.  The forklift operator was subsequently fired in June 2009.  The lawsuit seekes damages for medical expenses, lost pay and benefits, and more.

If you have been denied time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act, contact the Houston family and medical leave attorneys of Ross Law Group at 800-634-8042 today. 

A former employee at a hospital in Texarakana is suing the hospital, Christus St. Michael Health System, for wrongful termination and violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act.

According to the lawsuit, the employee began working as an admissions clerk in April 2007.  After her son's disability needed more attention, she applied for and was granted intermittent leave under the FMLA.  When the admissions clerk returned to work, she was subsequently terminated from her position for excessive tardies.

The lawsuit states that "Plantiff should not have been terminated because her son's needs required Plantiff's care, she had been approved for intermittent leave and had not exhausted leave, and she followed all of Defendant's policies with respect to notification."

Contact the Houston family and medical leave lawyers of Ross Law Group at 713-482-6910 today, if you or someone you know has questions about qualifying for family or medical leave.