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Ensure past FMLA leave doesn’t affect decision to rehire rebound applicant

06/16/2014

Here’s a warning to pass on to everyone involved in the hiring process: If the most qualified applicant for an open position happens to be a former employee who used FMLA leave in the past, you can’t use that leave as an excuse not to rehire him. That’s retaliation under the FMLA.

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