Claim of Duncan v. New York State Developmental Center

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• addressing plaintiffs’ theory of wrongful termination based on absenteeism because of work-related injury, notwithstand ing plaintiffs’ failure to plead the claim, because plaintiffs raised the issue in their resistance to defendant’s motion for summary judgment
• “An employer should be permitted to take reasonable steps to secure a steady, reliable, and adequate work force.”
• “To forbid absolutely any detrimental treatment of an injured worker would transform section 120 into a job security clause.”
• “The absence of a public employee from his position for a prolonged period unduly impairs the efficiency of an office or agency. .. .To forbid absolutely any detrimental treatment of an injured worker would transform [the workers’ compensation law] into a job security clause,.. .”

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