10th Circ.: 'No Causal Link' Between United Airlines Employee's FMLA Leave and Her Firing
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled that a claim of retaliation against an employee for taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act requires a causal link between an employee’s use of the leave and the firing, which is broken when an independent decisionmaker conducts an investigation and decides to terminate the employee.