(Source: Albany television station WNYT, January 4, 2018)
ALBANY, N.Y. — Happy New Year. You’re fired. That’s how several dozen CSX employees started 2018 after they called out sick over the Christmas holiday. Calling out on Christmas may look suspect, but some of the workers claim they really were dealing with medical conditions and should still have their jobs. Dozens of area CSX workers say their job protection was violated when after taking FMLA days over the Christmas holiday, they were fired. Though that’s not what CSX is saying just yet. Letters sent to employees ask them to attend an investigation into alleged FMLA violations.
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