COMPULSORY INTEREST ARBITRATION AND THE NEW JERSEY EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONS ACT

DANIEL DITOLLA

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DOI: 10.2190/JHEX-1A3B-JJGX-7EG7

Abstract

"Compulsory Interest Arbitration and the N.J. Employer-Employee Relations Act" provides an historical overview of public sector labor relations in New Jersey. In establishing the conditions and trends that prompted legislation this article relies on the testimony of labor leaders and municipal officials in public hearings and the reports of legislative study commissions. The implementation of the N.J. Employer-Employee Relations Act and its subsequent amendments is examined. In this regard attention is given to the administrative role of the Public Employee Relations Commission and the important judicial decisions. Finally, the article focuses on the Firemen and Policemen Compulsory Arbitration of Labor Dispute Act of 1977 which mandates the arbitration of negotiation impasses for bargaining units of those employees. The relevant research and literature are reviewed pertaining to the theory and practice of interest arbitration with emphasis on the behavior of the parties and the attitudes of the arbitrators under the N.J. law.

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