High Court to Consider Family Leave Case

NPR | By Nina Totenberg

Published January 15, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case testing whether state employees are fully protected by a federal law that guarantees unpaid leave for workers dealing with family crises. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

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