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Mom: Verizon Fired Me For Taking Leave After My Babies Died
A mother who had twins via a surrogate says Verizon denied her paid maternity leave—and then fired her after the premature babies died. A New Jersey woman who used a surrogate to have twins is suing Verizon for allegedly denying her paid maternity leave—and she claims the company later fired her when she took time off to care for the babies, who were born prematurely and who both died shortly after birth.
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While I hate that it happened, I'm pretty sure that she was aware of the rules whenever she decided to go this route.
This is correct. The FMLA should have covered it. It would have been unpaid leave, but her position would have been protected until she was able to go back to work.
That's terrible :(