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Employees facing transition to county employment ask Hudson County to make them whole
Summary
Employees represented by the HCSC CDC Association said a transition into county employment would cost accrued vacation and sick time and would leave several workers worse off; they asked commissioners for mechanisms to preserve payouts and extend health coverage during the transition.
At the Hudson County Board of Commissioners’ public hearing on Wednesday, David Morel, vice president of the HCSC CDC Association, described staffing impacts from a transition into county employment and urged the county to provide protections so long-serving employees do not lose earned benefits.
Morel said his group of 15 employees would lose accrued vacation, sick and comp time under the planned transition; five employees would not seek county employment, two felt forced into retirement and three said they would not accept county positions because the new terms left them worse off. He asked the county to pursue a resolution or other mechanism to "make us whole" and requested 60 days of continued health insurance to bridge any coverage gap; he said the district had offered only 30 days.
County staff and commissioners responded with procedural clarifications: accrued time would be paid out according to existing rules (sick time paid out on a three-for-one formula was described during Q&A), and the county said it would seek more details at a follow-up meeting on Thursday. Commissioners agreed to review specifics and to work with county administration on potential solutions, but no formal directive or vote on this request was recorded at the meeting.
