Town of Princeton

7.L.2. Contribution levels of gross pay paid by employees are as follows:

• commenced employment or were members of a State or county retirement system prior to January 1, 1975, is 5%;
• commenced employment or were members of a State or county retirement system between January 1, 1975, and December 31, 1983, is 7%;
• commenced employment or were members of a State or county retirement system after January 1, 1984, is 8%;
• commenced employment or were members of a State or county retirement system after January 1, 1996, is 9%;
• commenced employment after January 1, 1984, and who annually earn over $30,000, an additional 2% of pay earned in excess of $30,000.

M. Deferred compensation

All employees not currently participating in a State or county retirement system (those who work less than 1,040 hours per year) are required to contribute a minimum of 7.5% of their salaries to a deferred compensation plan under the administration of PEBSCO. All other employees participating in the County retirement system have the option of enrolling in a deferred compensation plan. For more information contact the town Treasurer.

N. Smoke free environment

No smoking is allowed within any town building.

O. Worker’s compensation procedures

The Town of Princeton is required under Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 152, the Workers’ Compensation Act, to provide workers’ compensation insurance covering its employees regardless of the number of hours worked in any given week. The government mandated system is in place to make sure that employees are protected by insurance if they are injured on the job or contract a work-related illness.

7.O.1. Injury reporting

• Step 1 – Incident report

  If an employee is injured during his/her employment, an incident report (see Appendix) must be filed immediately with the employee’s supervisor for the work related injury. The completed incident report must be filed with the Town Administrator within 24 hours, who will in turn notify the Town’s insurance company within 24 hours of receipt.