Jackson Township (Ocean)

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1511 Please see Color Key at bottom of sheet for limits on answers

24 Yes Payments for waivers filed before May 21, 2010, and maintained continuously since, cannot exceed fifty percent (50%) of the amount saved by the local unit as a result of the employee's waiver of coverage. For waivers filed on or after May 21, 2010, which is the effective date of P.L. 2010, c. 2, payments cannot exceed the lesser of twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount saved by the local unit as a result of the waiver, or $5,000. When calculating an employee's waiver payment, the local unit must deduct the employee's healthcare contribution obligation from the total premium cost. Local units have sole discretion as to whether or not to offer employees payments for waiver of health benefits, and may offer waiver payments lower than the statutory maximum. Health benefit waiver payments are statutorily excluded from collective bargaining. See Local Finance Notices 2010-12 and 2016-10 for further discussion on health benefit waiver payments. Does your municipality 1) refrain from paying waiver payments in excess of the statutory maximum; 2) deduct employee healthcare contribution obligations from the total premium cost when calculating waiver payments; and 3) refrain from incorporating healthcare waiver payments in any labor agreement? "N/A" is only applicable where the municipality has a policy of not making payments in lieu of health benefits.