NJ Turnpike Authority Might Curb Perks
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) -- More than 1,900 New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway employees might have to pay to commute to work.
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority board on Tuesday is expected to vote to eliminate free E-ZPass accounts that cover rides for employees to and from their jobs.
The board also will consider a resolution that would stop some nonunion employees from cashing out unused sick and vacation time at the end of each year.
Typically, that's done at retirement. The practice has cost the authority $3.8 million a year.
The votes come one week after the state Comptroller found the authority paid its employees $30 million in unjustified bonuses and squandered millions more on health insurance while tolls increased.
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