Section 23 Statute of Limitations

• Library: Emp-Emp Law 2000

The statute of limitations for actions filed under the FMLA is generally two years from the last action that was in violation of the act. For a willful violation, the statute of limitations is three years. 29 U.S.C. § 2617(c); 29 C.F.R. § 825.400(b). In Moore v. Payless Shoe Source, Inc., 139 F.3d 1210 (8^th Cir. 1998), the court held that the employee’s claim that the...