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- Title
Employee Settlement Agreements.
- Authors
GEISEL, RICHARD T.; BON, SUSAN C.; BUCKMAN, DAVID G.
- Abstract
This article examines the public policy concerns that arose in selected court cases involving disputes over the use of separation agreements and the practice of quiet resignations by teachers accused of sexual abuse or misconduct with students. Given the serious implications of teacher sexual misconduct with students, schools must balance the public policy expectations and best interests of children while also recognizing the procedural and statutory protections that safeguard teachers' employment rights. Finally, the article concludes with a discussion of practical solutions based on the professional practices of public relations specialists and urges human resource leaders to eliminate the practices of secret separation agreements and quiet resignations when an accused teacher's misconduct involves sexual abuse or inappropriate sexual relationships with students. Instead, schools should adhere to the mandatory child abuse reporting laws that apply to school employees in all states.
- Subjects
EMPLOYMENT; SEXUAL misconduct by teachers; PUBLIC relations research; SEX crimes; CHILD abuse
- Publication
Journal of School Public Relations, 2015, Vol 36, Issue 2, p194
- ISSN
0741-3653
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3138/jspr.36.2.194