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South Carolina company denies sick leave, then fires employee. Now it must pay, officials say [View all]
A South Carolina company was punished for firing a sick employee, and had to pay him tens of thousands of dollars, the United States government said.
An employee of Alupress LLC was unlawfully terminated by the Laurens manufacturing company, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday in a news release.
The man was fired after he was denied sick leave for an illness that is recognized by the Family and Medical Leave Act, according to the news release.
Because of the violation, Alupress was forced to pay the former employee $34,538, the government said.
Read more: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/south-carolina/article232850007.html
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