On January 20, 2011, a New Jersey Superior Court Judge rejected an attempt by various public employee unions to overturn pension changes for new government employees enacted early last year. The laws challenged required new employees to pay 1.5 percent of their salaries toward current health benefits and 1.5 percent of their pensions after
Unions’ Attempt to Block Effective Date of Healthcare Contribution Law Denied
By Donald C. Barbati on
Posted in Contract Negotiations
On May 20, 2010, a New Jersey judge ruled that a new law requiring public employees to pay at least 1.5 percent of their salaries toward health insurance can go into effect on May 21, 2010.
As reported in the Asbury Park Press, unions for police and firefighters asked the Superior Court for …