furlough
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 328 U.S. 275 - Fishgold v. Sullivan Drydock & Repair Corp. · 1946Most cited · 1,463 citing opinions
A furlough is not considered a discharge. It is a form of lay-off. An employee on furlough or on leave of absence has a continuing relationship with the employer; he retains a right to be restored to work under specified conditions.
How often courts cite the case defining “furlough”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “furlough” — 1,460 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.