On Friday, the 9th Circuit held that, in a case under the Family Medical Leave Act, 1) the judge, not the jury, decides whether to grant front pay, and how much; and 2) the judge must articulate reasons (related to good faith and reasonable belief) when she or declines to award liquidated damages.
On the first issue (the […]
Filed under FMLA
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