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CONNIE HAYES v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jul 11, 2014

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Jeffery S. Frensley, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Connie Hayes.

Attorneys 2:

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter, Joseph F. Whalen, Acting Solicitor General, John W. Dalton, Senior Counsel, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Tennessee Civil Service Commission.

Judge(s): HIGHERS

This appeal involves the termination of a State employee. The employee was late for work on numerous occasions prior to and throughout 2010. She sustained an at-work injury in October 2010. On January 15, 2011, she was tardy for work and a termination proceeding was commenced shortly thereafter. Prior to her receipt of the letter recommending termination, the employee tendered a request for FMLA leave, which leave was approved after termination was recommended, but before termination was confirmed. The Civil Service Commission affirmed the employee’s termination. The Chancery Court affirmed the employee’s termination and it dismissed her interference with FMLA claim. We affirm.

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