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

A North Carolina federal district court granted summary judgment to the City of Raleigh on a retaliation claim under the Family and Medical Leave Act of a detective who alleged that he was terminated in retaliation for taking FMLA leave, finding that 18 months between the events didn’t constitute temporal proximity and Raleigh had legitimate, non-discriminatory and non-pretextual reasons for terminating him–he held a second job while on extended sick leave and engaged in unbecoming conduct.