One question that comes up quite a lot in the employment law world is whether or not an employee can be fired while they are out on short-term disability or workers comp. In Massachusetts, the answer is that employees can, in fact, lose their job while out on short-term disability or workers comp - in most cases.
In most states, such as Massachusetts, employees are not entitled to job-protected workers compensation leave. The same thing is true if an employee is out on short-term disability. Massachusetts is an “employment-at-will” state.
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