CHANEY v. PROVIDENCE HEALTH CARE

No. 29438-2-III.

267 P.3d 544 (2011)

Robert CHANEY, Appellant, v. PROVIDENCE HEALTH CARE d/b/a Sacred Heart Medical Center Children's Hospital, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

Reconsideration Denied January 23, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Craig Lacy , Attorney at Law, Stewart Robert Smith , Lacy & Kane PS, East Wenatchee, WA, for Appellant.

Michael Bradley Love , Workland Witherspoon, Spokane, WA, for Respondent.


SWEENEY, J.

¶ 1 The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654, and its implementing regulations clearly directs when an employer must return an employee to his job. The triggering event is a return-to-work certification by the employee's physician. Here, the employee provided his physician's return-to-work certification with the caveat "as soon as Employer allows." We conclude that...

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