Union Attorney Warns District That Return to Classrooms Will Mean COVID Comp Claims

Locked in a fight with the state's second-largest school district over a plan to return to classrooms during the coronavirus pandemic, Florida teachers have pulled out a new weapon: the threat of increased workers' compensation claims. In a letter this week to the Broward County Public Schools superintendent, a claimants' attorney warned that sending teachers back to school without more safety precautions will result in sick educators and “viable claims” for medical treatment and lost wages. “The failure to adequately protect Broward teachers in the face of the ...