The district will have to reinstate sick days and repay teachers who had to isolate after being exposed to COVID, an arbitrator ruled Wednesday.
Newark Public Schools will have to reinstate sick days and repay its teachers and aides who had to isolate after being exposed to COVID-19, an arbitrator ruled Wednesday. The decision affects 800 people who will be reimbursed approximately $1 million in sick days and pay, the Newark Teachers Union estimated.
These “isolation” days, the union argued, were identical to “quarantine” days, which were paid days under the union’s contract. The ruling orders the Newark Board of Education “to provide the affected bargaining unit members with the restoration of their used sick leave or, in the event that they did not have sick leave available, their regular pay for all absences that were occasioned by COVID-19.”
One Newark teacher, who did not give her name because she was not authorized to speak with reporters, said she will have one sick day reinstated.
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