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His son Eduardo took a leave of absence from Brazil's Congress, where he serves as a representative, and moved to the US.

“Defendant made the leave of absence unpaid and therefore terminated Plaintiff’s employment causing Dixon additional loss of income and insult,” the suit says.

And even if you’re able to keep your job under the Family and Medical Leave Act, you may wind up needing to take an unpaid leave of absence.

For the latter, he took a six-month leave of absence, interviewed 63 people and plowed through more than 40,000 pages of transcripts from one of the longest murder trials ever conducted in California.

Board members then voted to continue Hagekhalil’s leave of absence until their next meeting Wednesday.