Under the FMLA, liquidated damages are a form of “extra” damage a court may award over and above other damages an employee is awarded. The employer can avoid liquidated damages, however, if it proves the FMLA violation was in good faith, that is, the employer reasonably believed its action did not violate the FMLA.
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Study Shows Plaintiffs in Employment Cases Win at Trial More Often than Not
By Patrick Smith on
Posted in Litigation and Trials
Two Des Moines lawyers, Karin Johnson and Angela Morales, recently wrote in The Iowa Lawyer about a study their firm conducted of employment law trials in Iowa. With the exception of one county (out of 99), there is very little data available to lawyers on trial outcomes in this state, particularly in employment cases. …