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Article: Court Rules Employees Should Get Long Medical Leave for Common Flu.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- May 29, 2001
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By Tom Ramstack, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 29--Employees' cases of common flu can require employers to give the workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off while they recover, a federal appeals court in Virginia has ruled.
The case involved AT&T Corp. account representative Kimberly Miller, who was terminated after missing a week of work while she recovered from the flu. She won her case after arguing the federal Family and Medical Leave Act forbids employers from punishing workers for taking time off work while they recover from illness or injury, even if it is the flu.
The case was closely watched by ...