Teacher Ordered to Repay $5,000 in Benefits

A Southern California teacher was ordered to repay $5,000 in temporary total disability benefits collected while working for another employer.Michele Marquez said she was injured Sept. 2, 2010, after falling in the classroom where she worked as a child development teacher for the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District.Marquez was provided industrial leave benefits, a form of salary continuation negotiated by the teachers association that pays higher benefits than the temporary total disability rate. While Marquez was receiving benefits, the claims adjuster contacted her to verify she did n...