Grosso v. Federal Express Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a reasonable jury could conclude an employer discouraged an employee from taking FMLA leave after encouraging the employee to pursue other options, such as placing his father in a nursing home
• relying on Lewis and holding that an employer could not shorten the time in which an employee could bring a FMLA claim
• distinguishing a case that had upheld a shortened period of limitations as “inapposite to this case, where the right at issue is not contractual, but rather is a federal statutory right”
• applying § 5501 in the context of an employment contract dispute
• “Thus, this Court concludes that Burlington Northern provides guidance in determining whether plaintiff was subject to an “adverse employment action [under the FMLA]”
• 6-month contractual agreement unreasonable and unenforceable with regard to FMLA retaliation claims

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