As reported by nj.com, Camden Mayor Dana Reed says her crime-ridden city will rehire 50 police officers and 15 firefighters two months after deep layoffs to public safety departments. Reed announced that she will use $2.5 million paid to the City by the South Jersey Port Corp, plus federal grants, to bring back
Layoffs
Irvington Police Force To Be Cut By 20 Percent
By Donald C. Barbati on
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As reported by nj.com, thirty-one (31)Irvington Township police officers, nearly twenty (20) percent of the force, are scheduled to be laid off on March 11, 2011 in the township’s latest cost cutting move. The cuts would leave the department with 132 officers, a level of uniformed police last seen in 1965, according to …
Police, Firefighters to Address NJ Senate On How Layoffs Are Affecting Public Safety
By Donald C. Barbati on
Posted in Public Employment Labor Law
As reported by nj.com on February 7, 2011, lawmakers in the New Jersey Senate will hear from police and firefighters about how layoffs are impacting public safety.
The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee has invited several speakers to address a recent spike in violent crime. The hearing scheduled for February 7, 2011 will …
Newark: Drop in Arrests, Summonses At End of Year
By Donald C. Barbati on
Posted in Public Employment Labor Law
As reported by nj.com on February 7, 2011, Newark police have made nearly half as many arrests, issued fewer summonses and conducted fewer inquiries in the second half of 2010 than in the same period the previous year, a decline some law enforcement officials say was tied to hostile layoff negotiations.
A public and …
Jersey City Police Union Approves Contract; Avoids Layoffs
By Donald C. Barbati on
Posted in Contract Negotiations
As reported by nj.com on January 27, 2011, the Jersey City Police Union has voted to approve the police contract for its officers. The vote tally for the approval was 341 for and 164 against according to city officials. There are 690 members of the union and, as such, 185 members did not cast a vote.…
Judge Powerless to Prevent Newark Police, Fire Department Layoffs
By Donald C. Barbati on
Posted in Public Employment Labor Law
As reported in the Star Ledger on November 10, 2010, hundreds of Newark city police officers, firefighters, and civilian employees, barring a last-minute reprieve, will be laid off on Friday, November 12, 2010 after a judge dismissed a lawsuit aimed at blocking the city’s cost-cutting measures.
Superior Court Judge Patricia Costello told lawyers for …
Ewing Traffic Tickets Plummet After Layoffs
By Donald C. Barbati on
Posted in Uncategorized
As reported in the Trentonian on October 13, 2010, the Ewing Township Police Department has slashed the number of tickets for motor vehicle violations in the past three months in response to the Township’s decision to lay off six patrol officers due to budget constraints.
According to Police Chief Robert Coulton, summons issued …
Christie Looking to Privatize State Jobs
By Donald C. Barbati on
Posted in Public Employment Labor Law
As reported in the Trentonian on March 12, 2010, Governor Chris Christie is looking privatize State jobs. Yesterday, Governor Christie created a task force to look at ways to privatize State jobs to save money as he tries to find a plug for a projected $11 billion budget deficit for the 2011 fiscal year.
Christie signed…
Oral Argument to be Conducted on Emergency Temporary Layoff Rule
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Public Employment Labor Law
On April 8, 2009, the Administrative Office of the Courts issued a press release announcing that the Appellate Division will be conducting oral argument on the Emergency Temporary Layoff Rule. Specifically, the Appellate Division, Part H will hear oral argument on the four appeals from the Civil Service Commission’s emergency rule authorizing temporary…
CALL TO ACTION–Don’t let the State Government Furlough (Layoff) Public Safety Officers
By Frank M. Crivelli on
Posted in Public Employment Labor Law
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to sit down with the Treasurer for the State of New Jersey, David Rousseau, the Director for the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations and Union officials that I represent. The purposes of the meeting was to listen to the Treasurer’s doom and gloom speech regarding the State budget, how…