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Teachers With Medical Issues Given Vaccines Waiver by Arbitrator

By CRYSTAL LEWIS
Posted 9/10/21

After the de Blasio administration attempted to remove unvaccinated educators who have serious medical conditions from the payroll, an arbitrator ruled Sept. 10 that it must provide them with non-classroom positions.

Educators who receive medical or religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate imposed by the city must be given an accommodation to work remotely or in a non-school-building setting, Arbitrator Martin Scheinman determined. The policy also applies to educators who have gotten the coronavirus vaccine but have not produced antibodies because they have suppressed immune systems.

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