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State engineers ask committee to allow long‑term contractors to buy up to 10 years of retirement credit

5761398 · September 15, 2025
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Summary

MOSES (Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists) asked the committee to advance House Bill 2795 to let state employees who spent long periods as contracted workers buy back up to 10 years of creditable service toward state retirement, instead of the current four‑year limit.

The Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES) told the Joint Committee on Public Service that long‑term contracted workers who later became state employees should be allowed to purchase more of their contractor years as creditable service for retirement.

Joe Duran, testifying for MOSES, described the practice of hiring contractors as institutionalized in some…

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