Back from hand surgery for one day before termination - and she says the reason doesn't add up
A Wayfair worker says the company fired her a day after she returned from medical leave - then blamed calls from before her surgery.
The lawsuit, filed July 5, 2026 in the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan, turns almost entirely on timing. The employee had been with the online retailer for more than five years when, according to her complaint, she was terminated on February 21, 2025 - roughly 24 hours after she came back from approved leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, and while she was still on approved intermittent FMLA.
She joined Wayfair in February 2020 and, by 2022, was a Service Specialist II supporting the company's supply chain and customer-resolution teams, the filing states. She says her performance reviews were consistently good, that managers told her she worked above expectations, and that she earned two internal awards during her time there. She also says she often worked well beyond full time - more than 60 hours a week for months at a stretch, and sometimes more than 80.
According to the complaint, the worker has bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, a condition she says was aggravated by the repetitive motions her role required. She told her manager about it in early 2022, the filing says. In January 2025, she began approved FMLA leave for a trigger-finger release on her right hand. She returned on February 20, 2025, and asked for a...
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