CGR analyzed employee health costs, paid time off and other fringe benefits for some 24,000 local government and school employees covered by 94 union contracts in Monroe County NY and found taxpayers fund health and paid time off benefits that typically exceed national averages. In some cases, the disparities are significant. CGR found, for example, if local government and school employees contributed to their current health benefits at the average national rate, Monroe County taxpayers would save $40 million annually. The report was prepared for the Rochester Business Alliance and Unshackle Upstate. |