Bill > H2982

This bill proposes to amend Chapter 32 of the Massachusetts General Laws to allow assistant coordinators who work in the electronic monitoring department of the Office of Probation to be classified as members of Group 2 in the state's contributory retirement system. In the Massachusetts public employee retirement system, Group 2 typically includes certain public safety and high-risk occupational workers who are eligible for earlier retirement and enhanced retirement benefits compared to Group 1 employees. Currently, these electronic monitoring assistant coordinators are likely classified in Group 1, which has less favorable retirement terms. The bill would enable these specific employees to receive the more advantageous Group 2 pension classification, potentially allowing them to retire earlier and receive improved pension benefits, regardless of existing general or special laws that might previously have prevented such classification.