In a case of first impression, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
that work holidays falling on days when an employee is out on intermittent
Family and Medical Leave Act leave of one week or more can count toward the
employee’s statutory twelve-week FMLA leave entitlement. Mellen v.
Trustees of Boston University, No. 07-1151 (1st Cir. Sept. 21, 2007).
