Dear Anonymous:

We have received your email indicating that you did not receive a response
to your OPRA request.  We are forwarding our response to your OPRA request
that was send on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 2:26 pm.  Kindly confirm
receipt of this email.

Thank you,

Catherine Schafer, Esq.

DCF OPRA Custodian

(609) 888-7730

From: OPRA Custodian
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2019 2:26 PM
To: Anonymous <[email address]>
Cc: OPRA Custodian <[email address]>
Subject: C143903 OPRA Machine (M.W. Employment Records) OPRA Response

Dear Anonymous:

The New Jersey Department of Children and Families (“NJDCF”) has received
your OPRA request as follows: “Employment record, as allowed by law, 
relating to Michael Walters, including but not limited to date of hire,
salary, pension, training, leaves of absence and any disciplinary action
relating to an arrest on 03/22/2019.”

Our agency can provide the name, title, date of hire, leaves of absence,
salary in accordance with statutory and legal guidance. We also wish to
advise you that the state website
[1]https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/transparenc... is a searchable
database that can be used to obtain  the prior history of salary and
 title information for you in the future.

Name: Michael Walters

Title: ASSISTANT FAMILY SERVICE WORKER 4

SALARY RANGE: H 16              

Salary: $59,685.18

Date of Hire: 12/17/88 Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center under Human
Services

Transfer to the Department of Children and Families on 1/7/2006

Leaves of Absence:

June 25, 2012 THRU August 19, 2013

September 26, 2007 THRU November 7, 2007

July 13, 2004 THRU August 17, 2004

July 9, 1998 THRU August 6, 1998

Attached are the training records for Michael Walters.

Pension: Our agency does not have any records responsive to this request.

Please be advised that notwithstanding the provisions of P.L. 1963, c.73
(C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary, the personnel or
pension records of any individual in the possession of a public agency,
including but not limited to records relating to any grievance filed by or
against an individual, shall not be considered a government record and
shall not be made available for public access, except that: an
individual's name, title, position, salary, payroll record, length of
service, date of separation and the reason therefore, and the amount and
type of any pension received shall be a government record. This is
supported by Merino v. Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, GRC Complaint No. 2003-110
(July 8, 2004) - [2]http://www.nj.gov/grc/decisions/2003-110....  The
records you request  from this agency regarding any disciplinary action
relating to an arrest on 03/22/2019 are exempt  from disclosure as a
personnel record pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-10 and Merino v. Borough of
Ho-Ho-Kus, GRC Complaint No. 2003-110 (March 2004).

Sincerely,

Catherine Schafer, Esq.

DCF OPRA Custodian

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