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Hunt V. Rapids Healthcare Sys

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Per the FMLA, the employee is ordinarily entitled to return to the same shift or equivalent work schedule. In Hunt v. Rapids, the employee contended that the full-time nurse night shift position was not equivalent to the day shift position. The Medical Center contended that the positions were equivalent because the compensation and duties were the same. Hunt v. Rapids Healthcare Sys, 277 F.3d 762 (5th Cir. La. 2001). However, the court of appeals reversed the summary judgment in favor of the employer because it violated her substantive rights under the FMLA by failing to restore her to her previous or equivalent position when she returned from her leave. Id. at 772. Similarly, in Ball v. Ohio Ambulance Solutions Inc. the plaintiff, a former

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