Bill > H2902

This bill aims to modify existing retirement benefits legislation by expanding eligibility for certain public service workers. Specifically, the bill proposes to amend Section 3 of Chapter 32 of the Massachusetts General Laws to include attorneys, investigators, social workers, and social service advocates who have been employed by the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) for 10 years or more as potentially qualifying for enhanced retirement benefits. The Committee for Public Counsel Services is a state agency responsible for providing legal representation to indigent clients who cannot afford private attorneys. By adding these long-term public defense professionals to the existing retirement benefit provisions, the bill seeks to recognize their sustained public service and provide them with retirement parity comparable to other public service workers.

Labor and Employment

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2902