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September 2008
Free Speech and Labor Protesting Collide
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Public Employment Labor Law
On September 23, 2008, the New Jersey Supreme Court entertained oral argument in the case of State v. DeAngelo, A-73-07, wherein the issues of labor protesting and free speech collide. The case involves a union official who was fined for displaying a 10-foot tall, inflatable rat at a Lawrence Township labor rally, thereby …
New Jersey Public Employment Labor Law 101
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Public Employment Labor Law
Many public safety officers in the state of New Jersey understand that the terms and conditions of their employment to include the wages they are paid and the benefits they receive are derived from a collective bargaining agreement reached between the public employer and their collective bargaining unit. However many public safety officers are not aware of the…
Internal Affairs Records and Reports May Be Released Subject to Redaction
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Internal Affairs
In the case of Spinks et al. v. The Township of Clinton et al., 52-2-1684, The Township of Clinton sought to bar the release of an internal affairs investigation of the police department that was submitted to the trial court as part and parcel to a summary judgment proceeding. The Township argued that the disclosure of these types of…
Retirees Not Entitled to Collective Bargaining Unit Representation Under The New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act, N.J.S.A. 34:13A-1 et.seq
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Contract Interpretation, Retiree Benefits
In the case of Grasso v. Fraternal Order of Police, Glassboro Lodge No. 108, 33-2-1617, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, held that under the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act, N.J.S.A. 34:13A-1 et.seq, the Defendants owed no duty to the Plaintiff to represent him in a dispute with the Borough of Glassboro…
Constitutionality of Paid Convention Leave Statutes Challenged
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Contract Interpretation, Contract Negotiations
On September 11, 2008, the New Jersey Law Enforcement Supervisors Association (“NJLESA”) and New Jersey Law Enforcement Commanding Officers Association (“NJLECOA”), jointly filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Mercer County against the State of New Jersey challenging the viability of N.J.S.A. 11A:6-10 and N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.13, the provisions of New…
Minor Disciplinary Charges Challenged in the Superior Court of New Jersey
By Frank M. Crivelli on
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Passaic Vicinage, (DeLuccia, J.S.C.) recently interpreted a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) pertaining to discipline in the case of Whitaker v. Passaic County Sheriff’s Department, 33-3-139. In this case the Plaintiff appealed her right to challenge minor disciplinary charges which were previously dismissed for alleged failure to exhaust administrative remedies under the…