Busted [Bracket]: Facebook Posts From Employee's Vacation Undermine FMLA Claims

Ah, the tell-tale signs of March are here. The winter is starting to dissipate in the northern climes, we've set the clocks forward, and Syracuse is bound for another Final Four run. Unfortunately, most teams won't be so lucky and many coaches will soon find themselves on a beach. And why not? After a long, hard-fought season that fell just a bit short, might as well take a warm-weather vacation – go for a quick swim, maybe hit the amusement park, and take a few pictures of all the fun in the sun and post them to Facebook. Sounds like a marvelous idea for many NCAA coaches, but not so much for employees out on FMLA leave. The plaintiff in Jones v. Gulf Coast Health Care of Delaware, a recent case out of a Florida federal court, learned this the hard way.