ABA杂志最近讨论了一项雇佣法案， could begin to 区分询问病假的雇员和强迫雇员在休假后尽早返回工作之间的界限 medical 离开。阿肯色州的一家美国地方法院裁定，霍华德纪念医院的前雇员里贾纳·特维利格可以将她的案子提上法庭。
特威利格（Terwilliger）在医院担任管家，并休病假进行背部手术。她说，在休假期间，她的上司每周都会给她打电话，以查明她何时重新上班。根据《 ABA杂志》上的一篇文章，关键的对话发生在Terwilliger问她是否如果不这样做就可能面临失业的危险’回来。主管告诉她要回去“as soon as possible” to work.
Terwilliger提前一周返回工作。 《家庭和病假法》为雇主制定了具体程序，说明如何办理请假员工的登机手续。 Terwilliger声称她的雇主通过干涉她的假期违反了FMLA。
A few weeks after Terwilliger returned to her job early, she was fired 通过 the hospital. The hospital says that they fired her because she stole from another employee. Terwilliger, on the other hand, claims in her lawsuit that the hospital fired her because she went on 医疗 leave and denied her the full benefits entitled to her under the FMLA 通过 pressuring her to come back early.
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在FMLA休假期间每周下班打电话的女人可以在法庭上提起诉讼（ABA Journal）
