The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority complied with a statute protecting medical leave when it fired a worker with migraines because of his excessive absences, a federal appeals court said Friday.
The ex-employee didn’t show that he lived with a chronic serious health condition entitling him to Family and Medical Leave Act benefits, so the district judge correctly granted judgment as a matter of law in favor of the Philadelphia-area transit agency, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said.
Ephriam Rodriquez lost his job as a SEPTA bus officer after he racked up too many negative attendance ...
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