Driver Fired for False Records, Not FMLA Leave 
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Published: January 17, 2013
Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Employment, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III
Because defendant FedEx had sufficient evidence that plaintiff had falsified delivery records to gain time, it could terminate her employment as a delivery driver even though she claims she was terminated in violation of the Family & Medical Leave Act when she was not returned to her prior employment after a knee injury; the 4th ...
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