New Jersey Public Safety Officers Law Blog

You don’t get paid for the hour…..You get paid for the value you bring to the hour. Jim Rohn Taking a seat at the collective negotiations bargaining table for the last 25 years has taught me ...

https://www.njpublicsafetyofficers.com/2024/03/articles/bringing-value-to-the-bargaining-table/

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken hold of our lives and has undoubtedly had an impact on First Responders from both a personal and professional standpoint.  Over the past several weeks, our firm�...

https://www.njpublicsafetyofficers.com/2020/05/articles/the-covid-19-state-of-emergency-does-not-entitle-management-to-throw-your-collective-bargaining-agreement-out-the-window/

As strange as this may sound, I currently feel extremely fortunate that for the past twelve days the attorneys and support personnel within our firm have had the ability to “quarantine” ourse...

https://www.njpublicsafetyofficers.com/2020/03/articles/the-imperfect-practice-of-social-distancing-for-law-enforcement-officers/

On March 9, 2020, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed Executive Order No. 103 (EO-103) in response to the Coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) invoking “a State of Emergency pursuant to N.J.S.A. A...

https://www.njpublicsafetyofficers.com/2020/03/articles/coping-with-covid-19-what-executive-orders-103-and-104-mean-to-njs-essential-employees/

According to an article published in NJ Spotlight, New Jersey’s public-employee pension fund investments generated returns totaling 9.06% for fiscal year 2018. Some of the investments that wer...

https://www.njpublicsafetyofficers.com/2018/10/articles/nj-public-employee-pension-fund-investments-yield-a-higher-return-than-originally-predicted/

The City of Paterson is looking at the possibility of ending its longstanding practice of using self-insurance for employee medical coverage and switching to New Jersey’s State Health Benefits ...

https://www.njpublicsafetyofficers.com/2018/09/articles/major-nj-city-poised-to-make-change-from-self-insured-healthcare-to-the-nj-state-health-benefits-plan/

As reported in Northjersey.com, the Murphy Administration has reached a health care deal with the state’s public workers’ unions that is expected to yield approximately $500 million in saving...

https://www.njpublicsafetyofficers.com/2018/09/articles/murphy-and-nj-public-employee-unions-negotiate-changes-to-healthcare-plans-that-will-save-nj-taxpayers-millions-of-dollars/

In New Jersey under an existing employment regulation, state employees can donate unused time off to a co-worker who has exhausted his/her own allotted leave bank due to a catastrophic illness or...

https://www.njpublicsafetyofficers.com/2018/08/articles/njs-public-employee-donated-sick-leave-policy-may-soon-become-law/

As reported in NorthJersey.com, New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney has plans to wring savings out of government which could fall hard on public employee unions.  Supposedly Sweeny wants...

https://www.njpublicsafetyofficers.com/2018/07/articles/senate-president-sweeney-wants-to-put-public-employee-benefits-and-pensions-on-the-chopping-block-again/

As reported by NJ.com, Governor Phil Murphy recently signed a bill strengthening the rights of public worker unions, which could face a big threat from a looming decision by the United States Sup...

https://www.njpublicsafetyofficers.com/2018/05/articles/governor-signs-law-expanding-public-worker-union-rights/