P.E.R.C. No. 2006-58, Cumberland Cty College
NJ Public Employment Relations Commission decision P.E.R.C. No. 2006-58, issued February 23, 2006: scope of negotiations, Cumberland Cty College. The Public Employment Relations Commission denies the request of Cumberland County College for a restraint of advisory arbitration of a grievance filed by
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A decision of the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC), not of the Civil Service Commission.
- Decision
- P.E.R.C. No. 2006-58
- Issued
- February 23, 2006
- Employer, as PERC printed it
- Cumberland Cty College
- Docket
- SN-2006-042
- Kind of decision
- Scope of negotiations
- Reported at
- 32 NJPER 38 (¶20 2006)
Synopsis
As PERC published it.
The Public Employment Relations Commission denies the request of Cumberland County College for a restraint of advisory arbitration of a grievance filed by the Cumberland County College Faculty Association/NJEA. The Commission will ordinarily dismiss a petition seeking a restraint of advisory arbitration unless the petition alleges that the subject of the grievance is preempted, since it would be illegal for the parties to implement an advisory award violating a statute or regulation. The College alleges that the New Jersey Higher Education Restructuring Act preempts arbitration of this dispute. The Commission finds that the higher education statute did not address or eliminate application of the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act to county colleges.
Issue, as PERC stated it: Educational employees, professionals, professors, college instructors; Mandatory subjets, case law; grievance arbitration
It also cites N.J.S.A. 34:13A-1, which this site does not reproduce, so it is not linked.
The decision
The panel is the decision as PERC issued it; labels, links and ¶ are ours.
CaptionSTATE OF NEW JERSEY BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION In the Matter of CUMBERLAND COUNTY COLLEGE, Petitioner, -and- Docket No. SN-2006-042 CUMBERLAND COUNTY COLLEGE FACULTY ASSOCIATION/NJEA, Respondent. ¶
SynopsisSYNOPSIS ¶
The Public Employment Relations Commission denies the request of Cumberland County College for a restraint of advisory arbitration of a grievance filed by the Cumberland County College Faculty Association/NJEA. The Commission will ordinarily dismiss a petition seeking a restraint of advisory arbitration unless the petition alleges that the subject of the grievance is preempted, since it would be illegal for the parties to implement an advisory award violating a statute or regulation. The College alleges that the New Jersey Higher Education Restructuring Act preempts arbitration of this dispute. The Commission finds that the higher education statute did not address or eliminate application of the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act to county colleges. ¶
This synopsis is not part of the Commission decision. It has been prepared for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Commission. ¶
CaptionSTATE OF NEW JERSEY BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION In the Matter of CUMBERLAND COUNTY COLLEGE, Petitioner, -and- Docket No. SN-2006-042 CUMBERLAND COUNTY COLLEGE FACULTY ASSOCIATION/NJEA, Respondent. ¶
AppearancesAppearances: ¶
For the Petitioner, Basile & Testa, P.A., attorneys (Todd W. Heck, on the brief) ¶
For the Respondent, Julie Giordano, Field Representative, New Jersey Education Association ¶
DECISION ¶
On November 16, 2005, Cumberland County College petitioned for a scope of negotiations determination. The College seeks a restraint of advisory arbitration of a grievance filed by the Cumberland County College Faculty Association/NJEA. The grievance concerns the assignment of a faculty member as the Education Opportunity Fund (EOF) club advisor. ¶
The parties have filed briefs and exhibits. These facts appear. ¶
The Association represents faculty members. The parties’ collective negotiations agreement is effective from July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2006. The grievance procedure ends in advisory arbitration. ¶
We will restrain advisory arbitration only when the subject of a grievance is preempted by statute or regulation. Englewood Cliffs Bd. of Ed., P.E.R.C. No. 82-21, 7 NJPER 507 n.5 (¶12225 1981). In another decision issued today, we rejected the College’s argument that New Jersey Higher Education Restructuring Act, N.J.S.A. 18A:3B-1 et seq., eliminates application of the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act, N.J.S.A. 34:13A-1 et seq., to county colleges. Cumberland Cty. College, P.E.R.C. No. 2006-__, __ NJPER __ (¶__ 2006). As in that case, the College has not cited any specific statute or regulation governing this dispute. The grievance may therefore legally be submitted to advisory arbitration. ¶
OrderORDER ¶
The request of Cumberland County College for a restraint of advisory arbitration is denied. ¶
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION ¶
Chairman Henderson, Commissioners Buchanan, DiNardo, Fuller and Watkins voted in favor of this decision. None opposed. Commissioner Katz was not present. ¶
ISSUED: February 23, 2006 ¶
Trenton, New Jersey ¶
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