Salary
Dear Union Township (Union),
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message. Records requested:
1) The name, title, department/division, current salary, stipend, and hire date for all salaried employees as of January 1, 2021.
2) The name, title, department/division, current hourly rate, and hire date for all hourly employees as of January 1, 2021.
3) The names of all employees currently enrolled in each healthcare insurance program/plan.
4) The names of all employees currently enrolled in each public pension system.
5) The names and pay status for each employee currently suspended from duty.
6) The total 2020 base pay, overtime pay, and extra-duty pay for each employee.
Yours faithfully,
Adam
See below for responses to your request. This completes your request.
Eileen Birch
Township Clerk
Township of Union
1976 Morris Avenue
Union, N.J. 07083
908-851-8501
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From: Adam [mailto:[OPRA #20815 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 3:48 PM
To: Clerks Office Website <[Union Township (Union) request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Salary
Dear Union Township (Union),
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message. Records requested:
1) The name, title, department/division, current salary, stipend, and hire date for all salaried employees as of January 1, 2021. - attached
2) The name, title, department/division, current hourly rate, and hire date for all hourly employees as of January 1, 2021.- attached
3) The names of all employees currently enrolled in each healthcare insurance program/plan. - attached
4) The names of all employees currently enrolled in each public pension system. - attached
5) The names and pay status for each employee currently suspended from duty. - The information is exempt from disclosure as confidential personnel information.
See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-10 (enumerating the limited personnel information that may be disclosed under OPRA); Executive Order No. 21 (same); Libertarians for Transparent Gov't v. Cumberland Cty., No. A-1661-18T2, 2020 WL 5264825, at *6 (App. Div. Sept. 4, 2020) (“that a public employee's disciplinary records are personnel records not subject to public access under the statute is reasonable and consistent with the statutory language” of OPRA). See also McGee v. Twp. of E. Amwell, 416 N.J. Super. 602, 615, 7 A.3d 785, 793 (App. Div. 2010) (recognizing the confidentiality of personnel records under the common law); N. Jersey Media Grp., Inc. v. State, Office of Governor, 2013 WL 1809887, at *6 (App. Div. May 1, 2013) (same); Paff v. Borough of Chatham, 2011 WL 5105477, at *4 (App. Div. Oct. 28, 2011) (recognizing that “New Jersey has a long-standing policy preventing access to [disciplinary] personnel actions under the common law”).
6) The total 2020 base pay, overtime pay, and extra-duty pay for each employee. - attached
Yours faithfully,
Adam
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