Day: May 27, 2020

NJ Supreme Court Rejects Teachers’ Vested Right Claim to Unpaid Sick Leave

NJ Supreme Court Rejects Teachers’ Vested Right Claim to Unpaid Sick Leave

In Barila v. Board of Education of Cliffside Park (A-39-18/081626) (Decided April 20, 2020), the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that Cliffside Park teachers’ right to compensation for unused sick leave did not constitute a vested right, and that the Board of Education of Cliffside Park and the Cliffside