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Healing pilgrimages are not protected by FMLA

• Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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• USA
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• March 15 2011

In Tayag v. Lahey Clinic Hospital, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit found that an employee’s seven-week leave of absence to accompany her husband on a “spiritual healing trip” did not constitute medical care within the meaning of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA