Amended Complaint Filed After Judge Finds Employee May Proceed With FFCRA Claim

Mealey's (July 8, 2021, 8:37 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania employee who sought leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on March 24, 2020, just days after it was announced by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and was fired filed a second amended complaint on June 30 in a federal court in Pennsylvania, less than a month after a judge ruled that she plausibly alleged that she was entitled to the provisions that did not involve financial reimbursement, despite a final rule by the secretary of Labor stating that the FFCRA did not take effect until April 2, 2020....