Kidney Donor Mom Losses Job After Saving Son's life
Kidney Donor Mom Put Back On Salary
The rage inducing story that started this fuckery
Fox 29 first brought you the story of a Philadelphia mom who lost her job after giving a kidney to her son. On Tuesday, Claudia Rendon’s boss says the decision was a mistake, and the company will start paying her: with a catch.
Rendon did what almost any mother would do. When her son's kidneys failed, she gave him one of her own.
Rendon told our Claudia Gomez that she had used her vacation time to care for her terminally ill mother, and then had to take a leave to help her son with the kidney donation.
"Any parent in the world would do that for your son. If they say your son needs your heart, you would give it to them in a second, rip it out,” she said. “I don't care, I’ll do it as long as my son lives."
Rendon needed time to recover from the surgery, so she took a leave of absence from her job at the Aviation Institute Of Maintenance.
When doctors cleared her to return to work last week, her boss, Kyle Berry, told her he had filled her job.
On Monday, we asked Berry why the company made the move. He had no comment and asked Fox 29 to leave. We also spoke with the company, which said it was within its legal rights to let Rendon go.
A day later, Berry told Fox 29 he was wrong.
We asked Berry why the change of heart. “We had time to reconsider. It was simply a mistake."
Berry then read from a prepared statement, which said Rendon would be paid her full salary until another position opened at the company.
Fox 29 asked Berry if the Aviation Institute Of Maintenance would pay Rendon until she can reapply, and then decide if they would give her the job back after it received her application.
"Yes, that's what the letter states,” Berry said.
We then asked if the offer was not the same thing as giving Rendon her job back.
"No, it's according to our policy and procedure,” Berry said.
When asked if the company would revise its policy and procedure, Berry said, "that's not on me, that's on someone above me."
Fox 29 also spoke with the president of the company, who said he just learned of the situation on Tuesday and he placed a call to Rendon.
Fox 29 then spoke with Rendon and she told us she is skeptical about the offer and she has retained a lawyer.
The Rendon story put new attention on the federal FMLA rules, which don’t apply to people working at companies with fewer than 50 employees, and also not to employees at some larger companies.
FMLA covers an employee for 12 weeks and Rendon took off less time than that. But she also worked for a company with fewer than 50 employees, and those companies operate under different FMLA rules.
Still, the story drew immediate reaction locally and nationally, with ABC News calling on Rendon the day after our story, and various national and global outlets carrying a shorter
version of our story used by the Associated Press.
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The rage inducing story that started this fuckery
Fox 29 first brought you the story of a Philadelphia mom who lost her job after giving a kidney to her son. On Tuesday, Claudia Rendon’s boss says the decision was a mistake, and the company will start paying her: with a catch.
Rendon did what almost any mother would do. When her son's kidneys failed, she gave him one of her own.
Rendon told our Claudia Gomez that she had used her vacation time to care for her terminally ill mother, and then had to take a leave to help her son with the kidney donation.
"Any parent in the world would do that for your son. If they say your son needs your heart, you would give it to them in a second, rip it out,” she said. “I don't care, I’ll do it as long as my son lives."
Rendon needed time to recover from the surgery, so she took a leave of absence from her job at the Aviation Institute Of Maintenance.
When doctors cleared her to return to work last week, her boss, Kyle Berry, told her he had filled her job.
On Monday, we asked Berry why the company made the move. He had no comment and asked Fox 29 to leave. We also spoke with the company, which said it was within its legal rights to let Rendon go.
A day later, Berry told Fox 29 he was wrong.
We asked Berry why the change of heart. “We had time to reconsider. It was simply a mistake."
Berry then read from a prepared statement, which said Rendon would be paid her full salary until another position opened at the company.
Fox 29 asked Berry if the Aviation Institute Of Maintenance would pay Rendon until she can reapply, and then decide if they would give her the job back after it received her application.
"Yes, that's what the letter states,” Berry said.
We then asked if the offer was not the same thing as giving Rendon her job back.
"No, it's according to our policy and procedure,” Berry said.
When asked if the company would revise its policy and procedure, Berry said, "that's not on me, that's on someone above me."
Fox 29 also spoke with the president of the company, who said he just learned of the situation on Tuesday and he placed a call to Rendon.
Fox 29 then spoke with Rendon and she told us she is skeptical about the offer and she has retained a lawyer.
The Rendon story put new attention on the federal FMLA rules, which don’t apply to people working at companies with fewer than 50 employees, and also not to employees at some larger companies.
FMLA covers an employee for 12 weeks and Rendon took off less time than that. But she also worked for a company with fewer than 50 employees, and those companies operate under different FMLA rules.
Still, the story drew immediate reaction locally and nationally, with ABC News calling on Rendon the day after our story, and various national and global outlets carrying a shorter
version of our story used by the Associated Press.
source w/ video