My friend has worked for a hospital for 20 years, and last year had a likely stress-induced mental health episode. She was briefly hospitalized at the very hospital she was (and remains) employed at until she stabilized. She took time off work after that as well, and got back to it a little while ago. She has to go in for regular checkups to make sure everything is still stable, (again, to emphasize, at a hospital affiliated with the one she works at.) but as of the last couple of appointments she was told that she was taking too much time off and even had her FMLA requests denied–something I didn't even know could happen.
So…what's the deal? This is in Indiana, where the bill of employee rights is nine letters long and starts with “get,” but that can't be legal, right? They have full access to her medical records, they know this isn't bullshit, and she's been a reliable employee for two decades. Is there any recourse or protection that anyone in the state knows of?