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>Florida state workers face random drug tests under new law

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Florida state workers face random drug tests under new law (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed a law allowing state employees to be randomly tested for drugs, a measure likely to draw a legal challenge over its constitutionality. The Republican governor signed the Drug-free Workplace [...]

>Turnpike overtime boosts some troopers’ salaries by more than 50%

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Turnpike overtime boosts some troopers’ salaries by more than 50% Ongoing construction along the New Jersey Turnpike has been a boon for a small group of state troopers who oversee the work. A review of state payroll records by The Star-Ledger of Newark found six of the nine troopers assigned to [...]

>Ridgewood one of three Bergen County towns on Gov. Chris Christie’s list of biggest payouts for unused sick time

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Ridgewood one of three Bergen County towns on Gov. Chris Christie’s list of biggest payouts for unused sick timePublished: Monday, December 19, 2011, 3:41 PM   By S.P. Sullivan, NJ.com Three Bergen County towns are on Gov. Chris Christie’s short list of municipalities where unused sick time for [...]

>Christie vs. Dems: Sick-leave payout battle intensifies

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Christie vs. Dems: Sick-leave payout battle intensifies It’s no game, this latest gambit by the governor to rein in public spending. But he says Democrats who control the Legislature are treating it like one. “I feel like I’m with Monty Hall,” Gov. Christie told a crowd at town hall this week in [...]

>Federal employees can accrue unlimited sick leave but when they retire, it’s not paid out

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Federal employees can accrue unlimited sick leave but when they retire, it’s not paid out I am a federal employee. I support Christie’s plan. The feds did away with this for all hires after 1985. You think the States would have followed suit? Federal employees can accrue unlimited sick leave but [...]

>234 mayors endorse Christie plan to alter public employee’s sick leave and vacation benefits

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234 mayors endorse Christie plan to alter public employee’s sick leave and vacation benefitsTHURSDAY, 08 DECEMBER 2011 21:34 BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM As Gov. Chris Christie’s office Thursday announced that a bipartisan group of 234 mayors support the governor’s proposal to change how [...]

>New Jersey workers won’t get post-holiday day off, Christie says

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New Jersey workers won’t get post-holiday day off, Christie says New Jersey state employees won’t be given the day after the Thanksgiving holiday as excused time off, Governor Chris Christie said, breaking with tradition. Workers can only get a four-day weekend starting tomorrow if they use one [...]

>N.J. lawmakers vow to address eligibility for public workers to receive accidental disability pension

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N.J. lawmakers vow to address eligibility for public workers to receive accidental disability pension Senate Democrats said Tuesday they plan to introduce a bill before the end of the year that would make public employees undergo far more scrutiny before receiving an accidental disability [...]

>State granting a record number of accidental disability pensions

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State granting a record number of accidental disability pensions New Jersey is granting a record number of accidental disability pensions this year for public employees as a result of recent changes in law that make it easier to collect. The Statehouse Bureau of The Star-Ledger of Newark and The [...]

>Economist:cutting government jobs will hurt at first, but help in long run

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Economist:cutting government jobs will hurt at first, but help in long runCall it the castor oil economy. New Jersey will have to continue to take its strong medicine by cutting government jobs while hoping the private sector recovers, an economist for a major forecasting firm said Friday. Jim [...]

>Savings unclear in N.J. public worker health revamp

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Savings unclear in N.J. public worker health revamp Close to 850,000 current and retired state workers can start choosing new health care plans Monday — a normally routine process that this year forms part of the largest overhaul of public-employee health care in the state. As workers consider a [...]

>State’s raft of health plan choices include high-deductible coverage

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State’s raft of health plan choices include high-deductible coverage On Wednesday, the State Health Benefits Commission will meet to consider a new set of health plans for government workers, who over the next four years will pay an increasing share of their health coverage premiums. The choices [...]

>Report: State work force in deep decline

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Report: State work force in deep decline Staffing levels at departments across state government are at their lowest levels in decades, according to a new report. The report by the Civil Service Commission paints a picture of a state work force depleted by a prolonged bad economy and a massive [...]

>Newark Star-Ledger supports public worker job cuts

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Newark Star-Ledger supports public worker job cuts For the first time since World War II, the U.S. economy gained no jobs for the month of August. Zero. Here in New Jersey, since Gov. Christie took office, state agencies and local New Jersey governments have lost about 30,000 jobs. But the Newark [...]

>A bad year for big labor

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A bad year for big labor Last Updated: 10:41 PM, September 4, 2011 Posted: 9:46 PM, September 4, 2011 Today America observes Labor Day, as it has every year since 1894. The holiday was ostensibly meant to pay a tribute to the “strength and esprit de corps of trade and labor organizations” — but the [...]

>Reader says: Just glad to have a job , Lots of folks are working harder and coming home with much less in their pockets

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Reader says: Just glad to have a job , Lots of folks are working harder and coming home with much less in their pockets I’m a federal employee. My raise for the next two years will be 0% each year. My health insurance premium went up went up 17% for 2011 and it is estimated to increase 8% in 2012. [...]

>Ridgewood resident and Deputy chief juggled two jobs

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Ridgewood resident and Deputy chief juggled two jobs SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011BY JEAN RIMBACHSTAFF WRITERTHE RECORD For nearly three years, Fairview Police Chief Frank DelVecchio moonlighted as a top executive for a Morris County start-up, traveling around the country to tout the company’s new [...]
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