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coolducklingcool t1_j9qarwb wrote

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We don’t pay into the program.

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Kolzig33189 t1_j9tf4ow wrote

I’m genuinely curious why teachers were exempted…was that a union decision or something that came from the legislature when the program was being put together?

If I were to think of an occupation that would most benefit from the program, teachers probably would be in top 3.

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coolducklingcool t1_j9u1f49 wrote

I don’t know the full answer to that. I know that we do not pay into it. I did read somewhere that any union job doesn’t have to pay in if alternative programs are offered - I.e. A lot of people use it for maternity leave and individual districts already have provisions for maternity leave. I looked into it and the six weeks full pay that I get from my district (assuming I then take six unpaid) is ultimately going to get me more money than twelve weeks of partial pay. I don’t know how it applies to the injury though.

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