By Todd Wallack, includes “… The bill, which has drawn broad support in the state Legislature, would credit workers with three extra years of service for their pensions when they retire if they worked outside their home sometime between March 10 and Dec. 31 of last year. … Rep. Jonathan Zlotnik, D-Gardner … testified Wednesday that the bill will reward government workers who helped provide essential services when almost everything else was shut down and people knew little about COVID-19.”