What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Ohio
Recently a friend of mine was well, I guess fired from her job. She had been a full time employee with full benefits for 3 years including medical, short term disability and extended illness days. She was planning to take a maternity leave from mid December to mid March using PTO, EID and STD. Her employer told her 3 weeks before the baby was born that her last day was in 2 weeks and that it would be "convenient for the company if she didn't return after maternity leave". She was then denied use of STD or her accumulated EID as well as her benefits being terminated as of Jan 1. Can an employer do this? She fully intended to return to work full time after 12 weeks. If the employer is wrong here what should she do?
Recently a friend of mine was well, I guess fired from her job. She had been a full time employee with full benefits for 3 years including medical, short term disability and extended illness days. She was planning to take a maternity leave from mid December to mid March using PTO, EID and STD. Her employer told her 3 weeks before the baby was born that her last day was in 2 weeks and that it would be "convenient for the company if she didn't return after maternity leave". She was then denied use of STD or her accumulated EID as well as her benefits being terminated as of Jan 1. Can an employer do this? She fully intended to return to work full time after 12 weeks. If the employer is wrong here what should she do?