MEASLES CASES
TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS SPECIAL LEAVE ON PAY DECISION OF DEPARTMENT RETROSPECTIVE ADJUSTMENT A memorandum from the Education Department stating that Binco the commencement of the measles epidemic it had approved in many cases of treating as special leave the periods that teachers suffering from the complaint had been required to be absent from, duty was received at yesterday's meeting of the Auckland Education Board. In view of the widespread nature of the illness and also the added risk of infection to which teachers were subjected in their contact with pupils, the memorandum stated, the departmen had decided that leave taken by any teacher on account of measles or through contact with, other cases was to be disregarded when computing e total sick leave due under the regulations. All.such leave was to be treated as special leave on full salary. The department further stated That if any teacher had lost, salary on account of such leave, this should now be adjusted.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23161, 6 October 1938, Page 12
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162MEASLES CASES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23161, 6 October 1938, Page 12
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