German teacher ill for 17 years fights in court for full salary

Euronews reports that a German teacher in North Rhine-Westphalia has been receiving full salary on sick leave since two thousand nine. Now sixty-two and facing mandatory retirement, she's contesting the decision in court as parallel fraud investigations examine the circumstances of her lengthy leave.

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