Legal Opinion
Hwang v. Kansas State University
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 29, 2014No. 13-3070PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.
Must an employer allow employees more than six months’ sick leave or face liability under the Rehabilitation Act? Unsurprisingly, the answer is almost always no.
By all accounts, Grace Hwang was a good teacher suffering a wretched year. An assistant professor at Kansas State University, she signed a written one-year contract to teach classes over three academic terms (fall, spring, and summer). But before the fall term began, Ms. Hwang received news that she had cancer and needed treatment. She sought and the University gave her a six-month (paid) leave of absence. As…
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