In Pirant v. United States Postal Service, — F.3d —-, 2008 WL 4072817 (C.A.7 (Ill.)), a Postal Service employee fell just short of FMLA eligibility having worked 1248.8 hours in the previous 12 month period leading up to her absence. She searched high and low for those 1.2 hours but the Seventh Circuit ruled her [...]

In Peters v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., 533 F.3d 594 (CA 7 2008), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that an employer who offers FMLA-like leave benefits with less restrictive eligibility requirements than the FMLA may be sued under a promissory estoppel theory if the employer fails to honor those benefits. In approximately July 2001, [...]