Case: Wage & Hour/FMLA Interference (7th Cir.)

A federal court properly granted summary judgment to Nations Lending Corporation on an underwriting auditor’s Family and Medical Leave Act interference and retaliation claims alleging Nations Lending’s firing for poor performance was pretext for interference with her right to return to work in the same position following an approved FMLA leave, the Seventh Circuit affirmed. The underwriter argued that National Lending didn’t return her to her job because upon her return she wasn’t given any loans to review, and was told to catch up on emails. The appeals court reasoned that she hadn’t presented evidence to show that her discharge ...