The “Bill Ricci World Trade Center Rescue, Recovery, and Cleanup Operations Act” was signed into law on July 8, 2019. The law permitted 9/11 first responders who are also public employees (members of the PFRS, SPRS, and some PERS) to
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In collective negotiations, union are always looking for ways to increase their leverage at the negotiating table. One of the ways to do so is to have access to all the relevant information you need, whether it be financial documentation,…
In James Meyers v. State Health Benefits Commission, (New Jersey Supreme Court Slip Opinion A-27-22) (087633) the New Jersey Supreme Court examined a New Jersey public employee’s right to “free” retiree health benefits under the legal doctrine of Equitable Estoppel. In…
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth Far More than a Pound of Cure….
Most recently the new Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division issued a decision in the matter of Behar v. Board of Trustees, Public Employees Retirement System, Docket Number…