Very few towns are following the law on sick leave payouts

OSC found that the vast majority of the 60 towns we sampled have policies that still allow hefty sick leave payouts that violate the reform laws.

The result today?  Local public employees in NJ get large payments for their unused sick days that are basically yearly bonuses. Bottom line: Taxpayer funds are being wasted. At least a majority – and likely more – of towns we surveyed have wasted taxpayer funds on payments that violate the law, creating a financial liability of many millions of dollars for taxpayers.

The result tomorrow? Tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars per employee could be wasted by towns decades into the future. This is exactly what the 2007 and 2010 laws were supposed to prevent.

Explore the map below to see whether or not your town is making unlawful sick leave payments.