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Potential Remedies

Remedies available to the employee in the event the employer is found to have violated FMLA may include:

  • Wages
  • Employment benefits
  • Other compensation denied or lost to the employee
  • Actual monetary loss to the employee such as:
  • Cost of providing care (this is limited to 12 weeks of wages for the employee) for example to a family member with a serious health condition
  • Interest
  • An equal amount in liquidated damages unless the employer can show action was taken in good faith

The employee may also obtain appropriate equitable relief such as:

  • Employment
  • Reinstatement
  • Promotion

For more information, see Regulations 29 CFR Part 825.400.

Please return to the Previous Page to continue learning about filing a complaint under FMLA.

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