Case: Wage & Hour/FMLA Retaliation (M.D. La.)

A former dealer and supervisor for Penn National Gaming, Inc. in Louisiana may not proceed with her claim that she was suspended in retaliation for complaining about a potential violation of her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act, a federal district court said. Although she was suspended two days after her complaint, it was for policy violations surrounding her dealings at the blackjack table a week before her suspension, and the fact that she wasn’t suspended for her previous four violations didn’t suggest pretext, given that it wasn’t contrary to policy and she continued for work for National ...