Senator Joseph Kyrillos and PJ Blogger in Ridgewood
Sweeney, Kyrillos to sponsor bill that would cap unused sick pay
TRENTON – Senate President Steve Sweeney and Senator Joseph Kyrillos are renewing efforts to cap unused sick pay for public employees, according to a statement released by the state Senate today. (Brush/PolitickerNJ)
https://www.politickernj.com/76926/sweeney-kyrillos-cap-unused-sick-pay
It’s about time someone capped unused sick pay. The current system for governmental employees is insane…..and financially unsustainable.
Agreed. Getting up to six months of unused leave at retirement, which gets paid out at your highest final comp rate (base + 10% longevity), is just blatant taxpayer abuse, and probably leads to employees working when they are actually sick given how valuable these sick days end up being upon retirement. It’s a complete perversion of what they’re actually meant for, driven by pure greed.
It is about time, but does anyone really think this bill will pass? I for one certainly hope it does and will be watching the politicians who do not support this bill.