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As reported in NJ.COM, the beating of State Corrections Officer Elegia Then by an inmate in New Jersey State Prison has finally attracted media attention to the fact that NJ State Corrections Officers no longer receive Sick Leave Injury Benefits (SLI) for injuries that occur during the course of duty.
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As reported on nj.com, the head of the State’s largest police union, The New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, publicly criticized Governor Chris Christie in a press release over $50 million in what he called “pension giveaways” to local municipalities.
The giveaways, State Policemen’s Benevolent Association head Anthony Wieners said were gained on the backs…
As reported by NorthJersey.com, the state law that for the last three years has capped the raises that local police officers and firefighters can get if they take contract disputes to interest arbitration will soon expire, and lawmakers have yet to propose a bill to extend what local officials say has been a key tool…
As reported by nj.com, the New Jersey State Police are hiring. The Division announced that applications for the 156th Class will be accepted from April 21 to May 5. At a minimum, candidates must be 21 years old and not reach their 35th birthday prior to their graduation from the training academy.
Applicants must also…
As reported on NJ.Com, Chris Christie urged Democrats in the state Legislature to work with him to overhaul the public workers’ retirement fund for a second time, or he would take “extreme measures” if they failed to cooperate.
“I’m ready work with the entire Legislature to come up with ideas to fix this, but if …
Today, February 25, 2014, Governor Chris Christie is set to propose a new state budget. In a press release yesterday, State Democrats warned the Governor that he shouldn’t expect support for a proposed tax cut.
State Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen) also repeated that the spending plan…
In a recent decision, the Public Employment Relations Commission (“PERC”) overturned decades of precedent in concluding that a public employer was not required to pay automatic increments to officers upon the expiration of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement. As you can expect, the decision, County of Atlantic and PBA Local 243, FOP Lodge 34 and…
Linked below is a very interesting and powerful article published in Bloomberg Personal Finance that discusses the perils of various public employee pension systems across the United States. Every Public Employee in the State of New Jersey should take a few minutes to review this article to educate themselves regarding "the state" of Public Employee Pension Systems across America.…
As reported by Cincinnati.com, there is currently a bill up for referendum tomorrow that will eliminate the public employee pension system and replace the same with a 401(k) style plan. The current situation in Cincinnati is similar to here in New Jersey, wherein the pension system is running an extremely high, unfunded liability. …
