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1. N.J. Turnpike Authority cuts employee perks and benefits
(N.J./State)

... perks, unjustified bonuses, inappropriate sick leave payouts and a poorly managed health benefits plan, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority on Tuesday approved four measures to cut the cost of employees' ...

2. A Democrat's view
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... systems, ensuring an acceptable number of minorities gain admittance regardless of their credentials. Corporations have furthered this form of racism, providing better bonuses to many managers if they ...

3. Christie and new Turnpike Authority director moving to clean up agency's spending abuses
(N.J./State)

... in perks, bonuses and payouts reported by the State Comptroller's Office in an audit of the agency are already being addressed by the administration. "I think I can say the obvious: it's deplorable,'' ...

4. N.J. Turnpike Authority slammed by State comptroller
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Finds agency squandered $43 million on perks, bonuses and payouts The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has squandered at least $43 million on unnecessary perks, unjustified employee bonuses, inappropriate ...

5. Legislators want crackdown on free-spending N.J. Turnpike Authority, similar agencies
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BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A State Comptroller's Office report made public Tuesday that found the New Jersey Turnpike Authority has spent at least $43 million in tolls on perks, bonuses ...

6. Report: NJSIAA indulged in questionable spending
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... through the National Federation of State High School Association for employee bonuses. Between 2006 and 2010, the NJSIAA received $10,000 annually from the NFHS, an entity that sets national standards ...

7. New Jersey's charter school experiment: Glen Pinder shakes up Lady Liberty Academy
(N.J./State)

... finally provided one in June 2010, dated May 22, 2009. For a three-year term beginning July 13, 2009, it shows a $165,000 base salary, plus a $30,000 signing bonus, plus $10,000 annual retention bonuses.) ...

8. Mark Zuckerberg plans to give $100M to Newark schools
(N.J./State)

... lead to gains in student test scores. The study found that except for some temporary gains among fifth graders, classes whose teachers were eligible for bonuses did not advance any faster than those ...

9. More N.J. union leaders arrested by authorities
(N.J./State)

... their executive board seats with members who provided no accountability and doctoring minutes of meetings in order to give the appearance that raises, bonuses and paid vacations were authorized. The ...

10. Yo Rob...
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... in addition to not giving raises and cutting/eliminating bonuses have reduced the size of the 401K match. I don't think most people are against teachers receiving a pension, but it is wrong to require ...

11. New Jersey's charter school experiment: Inside Newark's Lady Liberty Academy
(N.J./State)

...  Then there was the compensation. With the fund's money, Lady Liberty gave Pinder a three-year contract at $165,000, plus a $30,000 "signing bonus," and annual $10,000 "retention bonuses." That was ...

12. Sick leave and unused vacation time targeted in Trenton
(N.J./State)

... sick and vacation time," Sen. Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen), the sponsor, said. "Left unchecked, these bonuses can easily match the salary of a full-time employee, if not more. If towns are to be able to remain ...

13. Obama could use a lesson in economics 101
(Opinion/Commentary)

... a time this idea gave us the illusion of prosperity. We saw financial firms and CEOs take in record profits and record bonuses. We saw a housing boom that led to new homeowners and new jobs in construction. ...

14. Christie to forge ahead on controversial education reforms
(N.J./State)

... bonuses to highly effective faculty. NorthJersey.com reports the governor and education commissioner Bret Schundler have said that they would forge ahead with these controversial changes even if the ...

15. Why the unemployed will stay unemployed
(Opinion/Commentary)

... do-gooders like Barney Frank who honestly believe that all Americans are entitled their own home regardless of their financial circumstances, mortgage brokers and Wall Streeters who learned that real bonuses ...

16. Now That’s Funny: Blue Cross CEO made $8.7 million last year
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... out $30 million dollars in bonuses to top executives, including a $7.8 million dollar bonus to its CEO, William Marino. Horizon is a nonprofit company. Except, of course, for Mr. Marino. He makes a ...

17. Shocked by $9M Horizon CEO salary? N.J. Chiropractors Association has own Horizon horror stories
(Opinion/Commentary)

... nearly ground to a standstill, top Horizon executives collected over $24 million in bonuses, came as no surprise to the ANJC, its members, and chiropractic patients throughout the state. Dr. Sigmund ...

18. N.J. bill would end ‘breathing bonuses’' for public workers
(N.J./State)

... think so. Moriarty Tuesday announced that in an effort to help control property taxes, he has introduced legislation that would bar county and local governments from giving longevity bonuses to public ...

19. Schundler accepts blame for NJEA deal that enraged Christie
(N.J./State)

... agreement called for the Christie administration to halt its push for merit-pay bonuses and to allow school districts to ignore seniority when deciding which teachers might be laid off. The agreement ...

20. Christie rewrites ‘Race to the Top’ application at last minute to eliminate language NJEA accepted
(N.J./State)

... negotiated, Governor Christie is insisting on an application that seeks to replace collaboration between teachers with competition for inadequate bonuses; an application that seeks to threaten teachers' ...