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    Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, EMPLOYEE LEAVE—N.D. Ohio: Utility worker, fired after being cleared of FMLA misuse, advances retaliation, interference claims, (Oct 14, 2026)

    Law Firms Mentioned:Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff | Law Offices of F. Benjamin Riek, III
    Organizations Mentioned:East Ohio Gas Co.

    By Mandavi Singh, LL.M.

    The employee alleged that the utility continued investigating her FMLA leave despite finding no misuse and later terminated her for allegedly abusing dependent care leave.

    A longtime gas utility employee who was investigated and placed under surveilla ...

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