NY Healthcare Workers, Teachers Likely Ineligible for Unemployment If Fired Over Vaccine Mandate

NY Healthcare Workers, Teachers Likely Ineligible for Unemployment If Fired Over Vaccine Mandate
Medical workers bring in patients at a special coronavirus intake tent at Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park section of Brooklyn on April 2, 2020. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Petr Svab
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New York healthcare workers and teachers who don’t want the COVID-19 vaccine will not only lose their jobs but could also be unable to get unemployment benefits.

Thousands of nurses and other hospital workers have been put on leave, slated to be fired, as the state’s vaccination mandate deadline for hospital staff passed on Sept. 27. At least some hospital systems have given their staff some time to still get the needle and return to work before facing termination.
Petr Svab
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Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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