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Key employee

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002890

An employee whose compensation, position, or skills make them particularly valuable to a business. In the context of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a key employee is a salaried, eligible employee who is among the highest-paid 10 percent of all employees within a 75-mile radius. An employer may deny job restoration to a key employee after FMLA leave if such restoration would cause substantial and grievous economic injury to the company's operations.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002890
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "An employee whose compensation, position, or skills make them particularly valuable to a business. In the context of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a key employee is a salaried, eligible employee who is among the highest-paid 10 percent of all employees within a 75-mile radius. An employer may deny job restoration to a key employee after FMLA leave if such restoration would cause substantial and grievous economic injury to the company's operations.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/key-employee/"
}

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