Politics & Government
Hagner, Holtzman Want Employee Pay-Out Reform
The two GOP candidates held a press conference Thursday where they called for change in Trenton.
At a press conference at Chatham Township's municipal building Thursday, Chatham Township Mayor Nicole Hagner and Lee Holtzman, the two GOP candidates for the General Assembly representing the 27th District, blasted the current practice of .
Citing a recent Bloomberg News report, the candidates said the Garden State was facing hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to government workers for unused sick time and other leave.
The two said if elected to Trenton they would support limits on payouts for unused sick days and vacation days. Hagner said Chatham Township has already limited cash payments for unused vacation days and capping unused sick leave days to between $5,000 and $7,500 for each Public Works employee and $20,000 for police officers.
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“We have already done what the Democratic-controlled legislation is failing to do,” said Hagner.
