About 60% of New Jersey's Department of Corrections employees are unvaccinated.
As of Wednesday evening, about 1,400 officers are eligible to retire. It could take a few days to realize the full impact of the numbers and how many workers didn't comply with the mandate - and see how many might be facing termination or other disciplinary action.There are more than 11,000 county and state corrections employees in New Jersey, and they have until midnight to show they have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
"While we have believed all along that in an education setting the combination of masks and vaccine mandate or testing option met the moment," Murphy said."It doesn't meet the moment in a healt hcare setting or a congregate community including corrections." When asked if there are enough people to fill these positions if current workers choose not to get vaccinated, the governor said,"We believe the answer is yes. We wouldn't have taken this step unless we felt we had a responsible plan to continue to man these communities."As of Wednesday evening, about 1,400 officers are eligible to retire.
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