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Resident raises complaint at board meeting about HR handling of employee disability benefit denial
Summary
A resident read a letter from his wife — a district employee diagnosed with cancer — alleging that human-resources accounting of hours led to a temporary disability denial and that HR communication was delayed and unhelpful; the matter was presented as public comment and board members did not take formal action during the meeting.
During the public-comment period a Vernon Township resident, Robert Kennedy, read a letter written by his wife, who is a district employee and a special-needs aide. The letter said that in February 2025 the employee was granted family leave after a stage-3 cancer diagnosis but that a state temporary-disability claim was denied in March because the district’s human-resources records indicated she had not worked the 1,250 hours required in a 12-month period. The writer said the…
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