South Carolina Medical Benefits Management Company Pays Former Employee for FMLA Violations

PORT WENTWORTH, GA – Evicore Healthcare – a medical benefits management company based in Bluffton, South Carolina – has paid a former employee $17,760 in lost wages after a U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation determined the company violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

WHD investigators found Evicore Healthcare failed to allow the Georgia-based employee to return to work at the conclusion of an FMLA-leave period, despite being cleared by a doctor and providing the employer with the physician's return-to-work certification. Evicore Healthcare also failed to maintain some portions of records required by the FMLA.

"Employees must not be retaliated against or prevented from exercising their rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act," said Wage and Hour Division District Director Eric Williams, in Atlanta. "This law allows for critically needed workplace flexibility precisely when employees need it the most. We offer a wide variety of tools to help employers understand their responsibilities and to help them comply."

For more information about the FMLA and other laws enforced by the Wage and Hour Division, contact the toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Information is also available at https://www.dol.gov/whd/.