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NY court workers fired for refusing COVID vax must be rehired with back pay as state board scraps mandate
New York Post ^ | March 5, 2023 | Larry Celona, Bernadette Hogan and Bruce Golding

Posted on 03/10/2023 4:10:22 PM PST by george76

New York court workers must be rehired — and given back pay with interest — if they were fired because they refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the state’s Public Employment Relations Board has ruled.

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Unified Court System must immediately “cease and desist” from enforcing policies that require all non-judicial employees to be vaccinated or undergo regular testing.

In addition, anyone “who lost accrued leave, compensation or employment” will have to be made “whole,” with interest paid “at the maximum legal rate,”

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The decision affects at least about 25 court officers who were fired, said Dennis Quirk, president of the New York State Court Officers Association, one of 10 unions that challenged the mandate.

A total of about 200 court workers were either fired or resigned or retired,

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“You can’t violate an individual’s right to choose. We live in America, not Russia,”

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It’s unclear whether the decision will affect other state and Big Apple government employees who refused to get vaccinated, some of whom are suing New York City.

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Dennis Quirk, head of the New York State Court Officers Association, said in response to the ruling, “You can’t violate an individual’s right to choose.”

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an unvaccinated part-time judge in upstate Hornell, Jennifer Donlon, filed suit in December because she is barred from sitting on the bench but allowed to enter court as a lawyer.

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The vaccine mandate was imposed by former state Court of Appeals Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, who resigned in July while reportedly facing an ethics probe stemming from her public feud with Quirk over it.

The state Commission on Judicial Conduct was reportedly investigating whether DiFiore improperly interfered with a disciplinary hearing against Quirk for posting her home addresses on Facebook to encourage protests there.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: covid19; covid19vaccine; covidvaccine; mandate; mandates; newyork; newyorkcity; unvaxxed; vaccine; vaccinemandate; vaccinemandates; vax; vaxx; vaxxes

1 posted on 03/10/2023 4:10:22 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

Who knew that there was a Quirk in the system?
Hope they get it fixed. LOL


2 posted on 03/10/2023 4:12:47 PM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: george76

Bam, they need to sue for damages... not just back pay. The suits need to be against individuals not the government...


3 posted on 03/10/2023 4:14:14 PM PST by WinstonSmith1984
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To: Honest Nigerian

Most likely, folks who wanted to work those jobs of the unvaxxed that were fired are now going to be unemployed.

1. I do not have a love of New York.
2. The Unemployment system in New York is a racket.
3. THAT SAID, it’s going to be interesting to see how the employers are going to attempt to not pay the unemployment benefits.
4. I am truly content with this court’s particular ruling. A judge with common sense.... we’ll take this win...


4 posted on 03/10/2023 4:16:41 PM PST by Notthereyet (NotThereYet. )
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To: george76

Ha ha ha!


5 posted on 03/10/2023 4:24:27 PM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: george76

The individuals who forced mandates must be held personally responsible and not just hide behind government.


6 posted on 03/10/2023 4:32:59 PM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: george76
My wife and I dropped some stuff off at our church and the most knowledgeable man I know re rules and regulations re bank shortages and states, said the states, who $crewed their employees re firing them for not getting vaccinated might be at financial peril if those employees get money and lost interest back.

Because, as typical spend it all states, they probably spent it all.

Well, this just came in after my short/recent talk with him:

New York court workers must be rehired — and given back pay with interest — if they were fired because they refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the state’s Public Employment Relations Board has ruled. ...

Well guess what will be happening in NY?

"Unified Court System must immediately “cease and desist” from enforcing policies that require all non-judicial employees to be vaccinated or undergo regular testing."

"In addition, anyone “who lost accrued leave, compensation or employment” will have to be made “whole,” with interest paid “at the maximum legal rate!”

7 posted on 03/10/2023 4:39:46 PM PST by Grampa Dave (https://www Democrats Have All ready Won the 2024 Election, Regardless of Whom, Either Party Runs!!!)
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To: george76

Good New.


8 posted on 03/10/2023 4:43:06 PM PST by Parley Baer (WI)
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To: WinstonSmith1984
“The suits need to be against individuals not the government...”

Absolutely. Every single one of the tyrants who had anything to do with this entire fraud needs to be sued into oblivion, so that NO ONE ever even thinks of trying to do it again.

9 posted on 03/10/2023 5:02:21 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: george76

For those who fired. Nothing likely for the wimps who quit. No problem with that. Stand for your rights or don’t.


10 posted on 03/10/2023 6:48:48 PM PST by Reno89519 (DeSantis or Sanders, Anyone But Trump in 2024. Time for Trump to Stand Aside and Retire.)
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every single person fired because of this should have a lawyer and a law suit


11 posted on 03/10/2023 7:43:54 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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Meanwhile, also from NYS, Big Med wants a bailout...

https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2023/03/11/upstate-ny-hospitals-facing-some-of-worst-financial-workforce-challenges-ever/

Note to Big Med: Try not alienating your patients by insisting they get experimental vaxxes that are more likely to kill or injure than save, and requiring useless muzzles.

Trust is the coin of the realm.

And now Big Med is flat busted.


12 posted on 03/11/2023 4:49:12 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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