The Supreme Court, dividing five to four, ruled June 30 that public employees cannot routinely be required to join labor unions or to support them by paying dues. The justices ruled in Harris v. Quinn […]
Governor Signs $32.5 Billion Budget, Line Items Legislative Initiated Pension Payment Increase, Millionaire’s Tax & CBT Increases
The Governor signed into law the FY2016 budget June 30, line item vetoing a number of measures the Legislature had sought to include. The $32.5 amount is a reduction from the $34.1 billion budget […]
Governor Releases Nomination to State Board of Education
Governor Chris Christie announced the nomination of David D. Blumenthal, D.C., Ph.D. (Linwood, Atlantic) to serve on the New Jersey State Board of Education June 27. Blumenthal is a long-standing chiropractor in the South […]
Panic Alarm Legislation Headed to Gov’s Desk Again
The Senate approved legislation, S-2091 / A-373 (Rice / Ruiz / Caputo / Diegnan / Spencer), June 30 requiring public elementary and secondary schools in New Jersey be equipped with a panic alarm and […]
Senate Holds PARCC Delay Legislation To Allow Time For Administrative Fix
The Senate did not take a vote on, S-2154 (Van Drew/Gordon) / A-3081/A-990/A-2091 (Jasey/Eustace/Andrzejczak) June 30 as expected to allow the Administration time to craft a regulatory fix to ongoing concerns regarding PARCC implementation and […]
Appellate Division Panel Rules That Retirees Have Contract Right to COLA
A New Jersey Appellate Court ruled June 26 that New Jersey’s public employee retirees have a contract right to yearly cost of living or ‘COLA’ increases in their pension benefits, and those adjustments are […]
Legislature Moves Ed Measures to Gov’s Desk
As the clock ticks to the end of the budget year, the Legislature not only moved the budget as well as several revenue raising items to support their proposal to make next year’s payment, […]
Legislature Passes Budget, Moves to Gov’s Desk
Both houses of the Legislature passed the FY2016 budget June 26. The Assembly passed the new $34.1 billion state budget bill by a vote of 48-31, the Senate moved the legislation forward in a […]
Round 1: Court Rejects Emergent Relief Application to Force the State to Comply with the Pension Contributions in Accordance with Chapter 78
Yesterday, June 25, 2014, Judge Mary Jacobson denied the interim relief application made by several public employee unions and professional associations, including the NJPSA, in which the Plaintiffs sought to compel the State of […]
Legislature Expected to Move Bill Compelling Quarterly Pension Payment
The Assembly and Senate are expected to move legislation, (A-3487 (Cryan / S-2265 (Gordon), June 26 that would require the state to pay its pension contribution on July 15, October 15, January 15 and April […]