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This page is to keep members current and updated on recent issues. Contractual
Agreement
The contract between the Policemen's
Benevolent Association Local #108, The County of Union, and The Union County Sheriff's Office was officially signed
and executed on August 29, 2007. The duration of this contract is for five (5) years and runs its course from January 1, 2005
to December 31, 2009. Ideas and suggestions for the next contract are welcome at any time and can be submitted to any of
the executive board officers via email. All suggestions and concerns regarding the upcoming contract will begin to be discussed
at the monthly meetings starting January of 2009.
Any and
all pending grievances will be addressed at the monthly meetings and will not be up for display on this site. Questions regarding
grievances should be asked at the monthly meetings. All issues and concerns that anyone would like brought up at
the next meeting may be forwarded through our email link below. Please address questions for a specific officer on the executive
board to that individual so as to facilitate a quick response. Executive Board
State Delegate - Michael Heller
President - Anastasio Anastasatos
Vice President - Richard Antonucci
Secretary - Richard Hugelmeyer
Treasurer - Concetta Signorello
New Jersey PBA events are typically held in Atlantic City.
PBA Local No.108 has been actively
petitioning the County of Union to assist Retired Sheriff's Officer Albert Ashmont with his situation regarding health
care coverage. Working with the Sheriff, the County Manager, and the Labor Relations Manager we were able to have the
Union County Freeholders introduce a resolution to provide a health benefit program for Union County employees that
have retired on accidental disability pensions. On February 14, 2008, the Union County Freeholders voted and approved
the following.
(2008-176)
CHAIRMAN ESTRADA, authorizing a Retiree Health
Benefit Program for Accidental Disability Pension Retirees effective
April 1, 2008 subject to certain terms and conditions.
Retired Sheriff's Officer Ashmont was notified
of this development and expressed appreciation and gratitude in finally achieving this relief in medical insurance. PBA
Local No.108 thanks all the individuals that made this possible and would like to express our gratefulness towards the
Union County Freeholders for passing this important issue.
The page containing this resolution from the February 14th
Union County Freeholders Meeting is below. Union County Freeholders February 14, 2008 Meeting
The International Agency for Research
on Cancer, from the World Health Organization, will be releasing data that indicates that employees wih overnight
shift working hours have been found to have higher occurrances of breast and prostate cancer. They will be
announcing that shift work fosters poor health habits and will fall under the classification of being a probable carcinogen.
The complete article from American Police Beat is presented below.
The websites for American
Police Beat Magazine : www.apbweb.com
and
The International Agency fo Research on Cancer : www.iarc.fr
It has come to our attention that on January
8, 2008 Bill No. A875 was introduced
and referred to the Assembly State Government Committee for consideration.
Within
the body of this bill is the following:
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Nelson T. Albano, Primary Sponsor
Reed Gusciora, Co-Sponsor
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1 AN ACT concerning retirement
benefits for certain members of the
2 Police and Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey.
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4 BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
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of New Jersey:
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1. An employee of the State, and an employee of a participating
8 employer under the Police and Firemen's Retirement
System
9 (PFRS) which elects to provide the benefits authorized under this
10 act, who:
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a. has 20 or more years of service credit under PFRS;
12 b. files an application to retire on or after
October 1, 2007 and
13 on or before October 1, 2008; and
14 c. retires under the retirement system
on or after November 1,
15 2007 but not later than November 8, 2008 shall receive an
16 additional five years of
service credit under PFRS or any lesser
17 number of years of service credit under PFRS as will provide the
18 member,
as of the date of retirement, with a total of not more than
19 30 years of service credit under PFRS. The additional
retirement
20 benefit under this section is applicable only to the employee's full
21 time employment with the
State, or with the employer which elects
22 to provide the benefits authorized under this act, and from which
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employment the employee retires to receive the benefit and the
24 compensation for that employment.
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2. An employer other than the State may elect to provide the
27 benefits under this act by adoption of a resolution by
its governing
28 body and filing a certified copy of the resolution with the Director
29 of the Division of Pensions
and Benefits on or before October 1,
30 2007. The employer shall submit to the director any information
31 necessary
to provide the benefits or to determine the liability for
32 them. The division shall prepare and provide to employers
other
33 than the State information on the employees eligible for the benefits
34 under this act, estimates of the
full liability to the retirement system
35 and the payments which the employer will have to make on account
36 of
the early retirement of employees under the act, and detailed
37 charts, tables and other information necessary for employers
to do a
38 cost/savings analysis of the impact through Fiscal Year 2013.
Link to download Assembly, No. 875 State of New Jersey 213th Legislature additional retirement benefits for police and firefighter
members of PFRS.
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