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.