United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant-employer may not rely upon its own return-to-work regulations to impose requirements on employees that are more burdensome than what is required by the return-to-work provisions of the Family Medical Leave Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued Array
• Decided 07/19/2005
• Published 07/19/2005

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter J. Leff (Argued), O'Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Joanna Hull (Argued), Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephan J. Boardman (Argued), United States Postal Service, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.