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Court rules: Texas state employees can’t sue over ‘self-care’ under the FMLA

05/01/2014

A federal court has concluded that Texas state employees who take FMLA leave for their own serious health conditions can’t later sue their state agency over that leave. That’s because Texas has sovereign immunity from such claims.

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