Case: Wage & Hour/Family and Medical Leave (S.D. Ohio)

A federal district court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment to Anthony-Thomas Candy Company on married employees’, a wholesale orders lead and cook, claims of Family and Medical Leave Act interference and retaliation. A causal connection exists because the lead was terminated three weeks after requesting leave to attend doctor’s appointments and reasonable inferences provide sufficient evidence that her manager was upset by her leave requests, the court said. Additionally, the court determined that the reasons for her termination—inappropriate speech and language toward co-workers—were insufficient to justify her termination and not based in fact. Further, the court ...