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Very similar to the Rubber Rooms in various school districts around the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rubber_Room https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rub

• theprotocol 10y ago
  Indeed, the article even mentions it in passing: >New York had “rubber rooms” where it put teachers who would sit — with full pay — while the city tried to fire them. The practice was ended in 2010.
• mc32 10y ago
  To note though, that's due to the strong unions in unionized school districts, lest anyone think its a regular feature of the American labor market.
• klenwell 10y ago
  First learned about this from This American Life: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/350/human-resources https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/350/... And, yes, it was the first thing I thought of, too, when I saw this thread.