TRENTON — A judge is expected to rule Thursday whether public employees in New Jersey must pay at least 1.5 percent of their salaries toward health insurance. Police and fire unions are trying to stop the measure before the law can take effect Friday. The unions said the issue should be resolved through collective bargaining and not the legislative...
Gov. Chris Christie signed a series of state pension reform bills in March, including a measure that requires public employees to contribute 1.5 percent of their salaries toward the cost of health benefits.
TRENTON — A judge is expected to rule Thursday whether public employees in New Jersey must pay at least 1.5 percent of their salaries toward health insurance.
Police and fire unions are trying to stop the measure before the law can take effect Friday.
The unions said the issue should be resolved through collective bargaining and not the legislative process.
The state said the law is constitutional because it applies to each group of workers only when their current labor contracts expire.
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