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I had many opportunities to speak with Charu in interviews following my husbands, Sgt.Jeff Hewitt, death in 2004. Charu made me feel at ease and I absolutely consider her a friend. I don’t know the circumstances of this situation, but I don’t feel that Charu would manipulate the truth for any personal gain. She is truly a wonderful person and I am grateful that I was met with her grace what I was experiencing the most traumatic event of my life. I don’t really keep up with WLOS 13 since she left. I usually find myself watching Greenville, SC news. I miss seeing Charu on the news but I know that she is enjoying God’s blessing and he will open a better door for her when he is ready.
I think the Family Medical Leave Act allows up to 12 weeks without pay for maternity leave.
That is exactly what it says and, aside from being horribly behind almost every country in the world, it also states that a position must be held for that long should an employee choose to return.
So, either Charu isn’t being honest or WLOS is illegally terminating her employment.
She might not be dishonest, just leaving out the part where she informed her employers that she wanted to take *more* than 12 weeks off before returning, and they told her they couldn’t hold her job any longer than that.
Is this where we argue whether or not withholding information is the same as flat-out lying?
Not unless you’re a crazy person who believes that presenting nothing but facts in a way that presents your case in the most sympathetic light is 100% equivalent to lying. She doesn’t make the claim that they violated her rights in any way in her statement, it’s only Jason and the comments here that are speculating that such a thing might have happened. All she’s trying to do with her statement is make you feel sympathy for the fact that things didn’t work out, and in her opinion it was the station’s “fault.” They’re not legally obligated to do her any favors though, and she certainly seems like a smart and savvy enough woman to understand what her rights were under the type of contract she had with WLOS. Heck, she may even have an agent or manager who takes care of that kind of thing for her, and would be very quick to sue and get his/her percentage for any contract violation.
Frankly this is all much too much thought about a non-issue that doesn’t directly affect any of us anyway … I just get itchy when I see people make pronouncements of “obvious” fact that are anything but.
“Frankly this is all much too much thought about a non-issue that doesn’t directly affect any of us anyway ”
I thought that’s what we were here for. 😛