Summary
Last year, cities and towns across New Jersey were forced to lay off thousands of employees to cope with budget woes, while momentum for benefit reform in Trenton pushed a record number of public workers into retirement.
In theory, the exodus of employees was supposed to make municipalities leaner and provide some financial relief.See the full content of this document
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Layoffs Costly for Cities
Instead, some of New Jersey's most cash-strapped cities had to pay millions to departing employees for their unused sick and vacation time, even as they s...
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