NJ is a good job, not a great one. You will sit in the right seat for YEARS.
And BTW, I thought there is a provision in the CBA that does not allow awarding of bids if one cannot comply with all regs? Which in this case would be age restriction by government authorities.
Very surprised NJ has not pushed the envelope and denied bid awards to get in front of arbitrator (expecting immediate grievance by Union). With arbitrators, an issue might seem clear, but many times it ends up producing an expected result.