Employment Law Information Network

All Things Labor and Employment Law

Home > Federal Law Articles > FMLA > Reinstatement Rights > Employer Burned for Failing to Return Employee to Equivalent Position After FMLA Ended

Employer Burned for Failing to Return Employee to Equivalent Position After FMLA Ended

Filed Under: Reinstatement Rights

The Family and Medical Leave Act and its regulations tell us that an employer must return an employee to the same or an equivalent position upon return from FMLA leave. Not surprisingly, I often am asked by clients, “What is an ‘equivalent’ position?”