LRIS DROP Plan

DROP Payments Cannot be Used to Offset Workers’ Compensation BenefitsPast

June 4, 2014

Carroll Thiergartner was a Baltimore County firefighter for 33 years. During his active employment, Thiergartner participated in the County’s Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP). At the time o...

DROP Benefits are Mandatory for BargainingPast

January 17, 2012

Local 293 of the International Association of Fire Fighters represents firefighters working for the City of Erie, Pennsylvania. A clause of Local 293’s collective bargaining agreement provided that ...

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County Corrections Officers Aim to be Included in Public Act 312

POAM has been working with Michigan State Representatives to introduce legislation adding county correction officers to Public Act 312.

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