Case: Wage & Hour/FMLA Retaliation (E.D. Mich.)

Siromed Physicians Services Inc. isn’t entitled to summary judgment on retaliation and interference claims in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act brought by a human resources coordinator who was terminated after requesting leave for surgery, a Michigan federal district court ruled. Although Siromed claims the coordinator’s poor performance and its financial situation were the reasons for her termination, the ten days between her FMLA leave request and termination prove a causal connection, the court found. Further, the company only approaching her about termination after she requested leave and her supervisor actively encouraging her against taking leave is sufficient ...