Johnson v. Wheeling Machine Products’s Empirical Analysis

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5 district ·

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1. “(a) General. An employer may require that an employee’s leave ... due to the employee’s oum serious health condition that makes 'the employee unable to perform one or more of the essential functions of the employee’s position, be supported by a certification issued by the health care provider of the employee .... An employer must give notice of a requirement for certification each time a certification is required____ (b) Timing. In most cases, the employer should request that an employee furnish certification at the time the employee gives notice of the need for leave or within five business days thereafter, or, in the case of unforeseen leave, within five business days after the leave commences. ' The employer may request certification at some later date if the employer later has reason to question the appropriateness of the leave or its duration. The employee must provide the requested certification to the em-player within 15 calendar days after the employer’s request, unless it is not practicable under the particular circumstances to do so despite the employee’s diligent, good faith efforts or the employer provides more than 15 calendar days to return the requested certification. (c) Complete and sufficient certification. The employee must provide a complete and sufficient certification to the employer if required by the employer — The employer shall advise an employee whenever the employer finds a certification incomplete or insufficient, and shall state in writing what a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wilkerson v. Great Prairie Area Education Agency

2. “recognized three categories of FMLA claims arising under 29 U.S.C. § 2615 (a)(Z )-(2): (i) entitlement claims, in which an employee alleges a denial of a benefit to which he was entitled under the statute; (ii) discrimination claims, in which an employee alleges that the employer discriminated against him in the terms and conditions of employment because the employee exercised rights to which he was entitled under the FMLA; and (iii) retaliation claims, in which the employee alleges that the employer took adverse action against him for opposing a practice made unlawful under the FMLA.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Salah v. Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc.

3. “the absence of a genuine issue of material fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Higgins v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.