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Article: Employer not liable for fired worker's vacation pay: Court; State Supreme Court overturns costly ruling for Minn. employers.(News)
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- November 26, 2007
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Byline: JUDY GREENWALD
ST. PAUL, Minn.-A Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that companies have the contractual right to determine their unused vacation pay policies clears up an issue that has been hanging over Minnesota employers for more than a year, say observers.
The 6-1 decision by the court in Susan Lee vs. Fresenius Medical Care Inc. overturns a lower court decision that, if upheld, could have been costly for employers in the state, observers say.
The case centers on 182 hours of unused vacation time accrued by Ms. Lee before she was terminated as a dialysis patient care technician for Fresenius Medical Care Inc. in Duluth, Minn. She was ...