Bill > H2979

This bill modifies the Massachusetts public employee retirement system by adding forensic scientists employed at the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory to Group 2 classification. Group 2 is a retirement classification for certain public employees who perform higher-risk or more physically demanding jobs, which allows these workers to retire earlier and with different pension benefits compared to standard Group 1 employees. Specifically, the bill amends Section 3 of Chapter 32 in the 2016 edition of Massachusetts law by inserting the phrase "Forensic Scientists employed at the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory" into the list of Group 2 occupations, which already includes positions like head guard and chief of waterfront police. By making this change, forensic scientists working in the state crime lab will now be eligible for the more favorable Group 2 retirement benefits, likely recognizing the potentially stressful and challenging nature of their work in processing crime scene evidence.

Labor and Employment

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2979