>NJ Transit to eliminate sick time payout
The NJ Transit Board of Directors voted formally Wednesday to eliminate payouts to non-union employees for unused sick time and vacation time not taken.
In late March, NJ Transit suspended vacation payouts to non-union employees less than a week after a New Jersey Press Media story revealed that the agency paid out $2.2 million in 2010 to current and retired workers for unused vacation time. The agency also paid out $1.47 million for unused sick time in 2010. Together, both categories of payouts totaled $3.67 million. (Higgs, Gannett)