School board paid $7K to teacher with cancer, wants money back

A Brampton teacher diagnosed with cervical cancer last year is being asked to return thousands of dollars the school board says it mistakenly paid her while she was home sick.

Kasia Da Costa says she was “speechless” when a letter from her employer, the Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board, arrived in March.

After reviewing her file, the letter said, the board determined Da Costa was not entitled to the money she had been receiving and needed to pay back approximately $7,000.

An employment lawyer at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, joined host Tasha Kheiriddin on Global News Radio 640 Toronto to discuss Da Costa’s rights in this complicated and unfortunate situation.