Labor fines against Southwest Airlines now total $700,000 in Arizona

PHOENIX — More employees are coming forward and filing retaliation complaints in Arizona against Southwest Airlines, claiming they received warning letters in their personnel files after taking earned sick time.

The complaints are all similar: Aircraft mechanic workers said they were given warnings in their personnel files that they could be fired after they used the sick time they earned. Some workers have earned more than 700 hours of sick time, “thus showing they were not abusing their sick time,” he said.

Southwest, however, contends it provides a sick leave policy that is more generous than the Act mandates, and that discipline beyond the protected leave cannot be considered retaliation.

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