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A relative of mine was just told that she would be on a paid vacation for the next two weeks and possibly more. There was a case of the swine flu at her school and they decided to close the school. According to school officials all staff and teachers will be paid anyway, on the tax payers dime. She is happy about that and has decided to take that long vacation to Hawaii she has always dreamed about.
If your employer shut the office or factory due to the swine flu for a few weeks would you expect to be paid?
I thought teachers were salary. They have to teach for 180 days a year. Won't the sudents and teachers both have to make up the days later? When the school closes for snow days and the teachers are off they just have to teach an extra day at the end. How is this any different? Or am I way off here?
A relative of mine was just told that she would be on a paid vacation for the next two weeks and possibly more. There was a case of the swine flu at her school and they decided to close the school. According to school officials all staff and teachers will be paid anyway, on the tax payers dime. She is happy about that and has decided to take that long vacation to Hawaii she has always dreamed about.
If your employer shut the office or factory due to the swine flu for a few weeks would you expect to be paid?
Well, yes. And when I was working, I would have been paid. Now I am retired and I still get paid. That's the way it works.
Will be interesting how this plays out as it is a unique situation. It is occurring near the end of the school year and add on flexibility is minimal. It may end the school year early for seniors and potentially playing havoc with year end assessment testing. Many district calendar policies have a date that school will not extend beyond. Since most of the nation is out of inclement winter weather season parents and teachers have made plans and spent money on summer activities. If a state finds it necessary and school districts are given a waiver on minimum days in attendance what will happen to teachers and their salaries. Normally a solution would be to have them work days during the summer to make up the time. However with states and local districts in such dire financial shape how do you justify that while also laying off and furloughing workers and making dramatic cuts in programs in all areas of government. Seems like a furlough opportunity to balance the budget in the making.
I thought teachers were salary. They have to teach for 180 days a year. Won't the sudents and teachers both have to make up the days later? When the school closes for snow days and the teachers are off they just have to teach an extra day at the end. How is this any different? Or am I way off here?
They will likely have to make up these lost days later on at some point, no?
I don't like the biased wording in the poll. If I am a salaried employee and school closes due to circumstances out of my control, why shouldn't I be paid? Why shouldn't I use the time advantage to go on vacation, rather than sitting on my a** doing nothing? Why should I have to sub? It's not like they're getting extra money "on the taxpayer dime".
Being this close to the end of the semester does bring about some unusual dilemas.
I don't like the biased wording in the poll. If I am a salaried employee and school closes due to circumstances out of my control, why shouldn't I be paid? Why shouldn't I use the time advantage to go on vacation, rather than sitting on my a** doing nothing? Why should I have to sub? It's not like they're getting extra money "on the taxpayer dime".
Being this close to the end of the semester does bring about some unusual dilemas.
The keyword is on the taxpayer dime and that dime is the focus of our national trauma.
How could they sub at other schools? I also think that since all teachers that I know are paid for so many days - 186 in PA- they will have to work those days anyway.
A relative of mine was just told that she would be on a paid vacation for the next two weeks and possibly more. There was a case of the swine flu at her school and they decided to close the school. According to school officials all staff and teachers will be paid anyway, on the tax payers dime. She is happy about that and has decided to take that long vacation to Hawaii she has always dreamed about.
If your employer shut the office or factory due to the swine flu for a few weeks would you expect to be paid?
If I had a contract that said I would be paid (as most teachers do) I would expect to be paid.
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