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Friday, March 19, 2021

Elementary school teachers filing 3 times as many COVID-19 infection claims as secondary teachers: union


Teachers in B.C. elementary schools are filing more than three times the number of COVID-19 infection claims than those working in secondary schools, the B.C. Teachers' Federation says.

In a news release Tuesday, the BCTF cited data from WorkSafeBC, which the union says shows 80 occupational COVID-19 infection claims were approved by the agency for kindergarten to Grade 7 teachers.

That's compared to 25 reports from teachers of students in Grades 8 to 12, the BCTF says. Those figures were collected as of March 11 of this year...

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/elementary-school-teachers-filing-3-times-as-many-covid-19-infection-claims-as-secondary-teachers-union-1.5349608

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