Fry v. First Fidelity Bancorporation

In Fry v. First Fidelity Bancorporation (E.D. Pa), 1996 U.S. Dist, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held an employer's failure "to adequately notify its employees of the impact of its own family leave polices on the rights provided by the FMLA, particularly where there is an apparent conflict between the employer's policy and the employee's FMLA rights can constitute interference with an employee's FMLA rights if it causes an employee to unwittingly forfeit the protections of the FMLA." 1996 U.S. Dist. The Fry Court concluded, "if the employee can prove that her employer failed to give appropriate notice of its policies concerning the FMLA she can demonstrate interference with her statutory rights." Id.