provide: (a) Interference with rights (1) Exercise of rights It shall be unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of-or the attempt to exercise, any right provided under this subchapter. (2) Discrimination It shall be unlawful for any employer to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any individual for opposing any practice made unlawful by this sub-chapter. Id. § 2615. B. Whether Sievers was eligible for leave under the FMLA. In its motion for summary judgment, Iowa Mutual alleged Sievers failed to show a genuine issue of material fact regarding whether she was eligible for leave under the FMLA. Although the district court did not base its ruling on this ground, we can address it. See Bensley v. State, 468 N.W.2d 444, 445 (Iowa 1991) (<HOLDING>). One ground of Iowa Mutual’s eligibility
holding that appellate court in affirming trial courts decision may rely in part on a ground not presented to trial court holding that an appellate court may affirm a grant of summary judgment on any ground appearing in the record even if the circuit court did not rely on it holding that this court may affirm a grant of summary judgment on any ground appearing in the record regardless of whether the circuit court relied on it holding that appellate court can uphold a trial courts ruling on any ground appearing in the record whether urged in the trial court or not holding that appellate court reviewing trial courts habeas corpus ruling must review record evidence in light most favorable to ruling and uphold ruling absent abuse of discretion