HEARINGS EXAMINER II, PERC

Code: 65475 State Unclassified Range: Y32 (FY 2027) Work week NL: FLSA exemptOvertime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

Salary: $110,276.47 - $162,870.37/year FY 2027 schedule (last updated 2026-07-27)

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Examples of work

• Sits as hearing Examiner in unfair practice proceedings arising under the provisions of the New Jersey Employer-employee Relations Act.
• Presides as hearing Examiner in scope of negotiations proceedings arising under the provisions of the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act.
• Controls the calendar of formal hearings of cases.
• Develops full and complete record, of all relevant al material facts necessary for a fair and proper determination of the issues in complex representation proceedings.
• Conducts hearings in a fashion consistent with the requirements of procedural due process.
• Rules on all motions including motions to dismiss complaints.
• Rules on the admissibility of evidence.
• Makes credibility determinations based upon demeanor and bearing of witnesses in formal hearings.
• Assists litigants in the settlement of difficult and complex issues consistent with legislative and Commission policy.
• Prepares written reports containing statements of the case, findings of fact and conclusions of law, including a full statement and discussion of evidence and prepares recommended orders.
• <b>REQUIREMENTS
• EDUCATION</b>
• Graduation from an accredited school of law or the attainment of a Master's degree in industrial or labor relations or related field.
• For attorneys, two years of labor relations experience including experience trying or hearing cases before administrative agencies, or, for non-attorneys, it least four years of experience with administrative agencies with responsibility for hearing labor relations cases.
• Knowledge and Abilities
• Thorough knowledge of courtroom procedure and conduct of administrative hearings.
• Thorough knowledge of the Administrative Procedure Act and the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act.
• Complete knowledge of precedential case law in New Jersey and apposite cases related jurisdictions, both Federal and state.
• Sufficient knowledge of law to dispose of procedural requests or questions at all stages of the hearing.
• Ability to hear, determine and recommend the appropriate remedial action necessary to effectuate the policies of the Act.
• Ability to conduct conferences involving adverse parties having specialized knowledge and experience the field.
• Ability to serve as the sole trier of fact in the first instance, with responsibility in representation cases for seeing that the parties develop a full and complete factual record, to which all subsequent considerations of the matters in issue by the Public Employment Relations Commission or the courts normally will be confined.
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position.
• Ability to prepare detailed reports and decision all cases, which might be able to stand on their own merit under the scrutiny of the Commission and the courts.
• Good health and freedom from disabling physical and mental defects which would impair the proper performance of the required duties or which might endanger the health and safety of oneself or others.