In Dickinson v. St. Cloud Hospital, 2008 WL 4659562 (D. Minn. October 20, 2008), an employer’s neutral absenteeism policy was found to violate the FMLA by effectively reducing the number of non-FMLA absences an employee could incur before being subjected to discipline up to and including termination. Amanda Dickinson worked for St. Cloud Hospital in [...]

In Townsend-Taylor v. Ameritech Services, Inc., 523 F.3d 815 (CA 7 2008), a married couple missed work and retroactively sought FMLA leave. Both missed deadlines for submission of medical certification forms. Neither’s lack of diligence resulted in interference with their FMLA rights. Diedre Townsend-Taylor and Ronnie Taylor (husband and wife) brought suit against Ameritech Services, [...]