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Seventh Circuit Holds Contested Absences under FMLA Must Be Litigated Within Two Years of Absence

Illinois Department of Corrections (COC) employee Cindy Barrett was terminates after accruing 12 unauthorized absences over 7 years. DOC subjected employees to termination after accumulating 12 unauthorized absences, but expunged all previous unauthorized absences if the employee had no unauthorized absences for 24 consecutive months. Barrett failed to accumulate the ...

 

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