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TexasTowelie

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Sat Dec 5, 2020, 05:49 AM Dec 2020

Former Oregon State University employee says he was fired for taking parental leave [View all]

A former Oregon State University employee has filed a lawsuit saying he was fired because he took parental leave.

Joseph McQuillin was assistant director of facilities maintenance and custodial manager in the university’s department of recreational sports when his wife gave birth to premature twins in 2017, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.

According to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Eugene Wednesday, his wife and twins required extended medical care so McQuillin filed for protected medical leave followed by sick child leave, which OSU approved.

According to the lawsuit, McQuillin communicated about it with his direct supervisor, associate director Bill Callender. In January 2019, McQuillin returned to work. According to the lawsuit, Callender told McQuillin that his medical leave had “left people in the lurch.”

Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2020/12/former-oregon-state-university-employee-says-he-was-fired-for-taking-parental-leave.html

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