Title 34, Title 34: LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION

34:12-3. Employer shall not require employees to renounce membership in or refrain from joining society or brotherhood No corporation doing business in this state shall require directly or indirectly that any individuals shall either individually or collectively, in any manner pr…

34:12-4. Penalty Any violation of either section 34:12-2 or section 34:12-3 of this title shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or three months' imprisonment, or both, as the court may direct.

34:12-5. Contracts against membership in labor unions or employers' organizations void Every contract, agreement, promise or undertaking whether written or oral, express or implied between an employer and employee or prospective employee whereby either party promises or agrees no…

34:13-1. Appointment of arbitrators Whenever any grievance or dispute of any nature shall arise between any employer, joint stock association, company or corporation engaged in manufacturing, hereinafter in this chapter termed "employer" , and his, their or its employees, it shal…

34:13-2. Oath of arbitrators Each arbitrator shall, before he proceeds to the business of the arbitration, take and subscribe an oath, to be taken and subscribed before any officer authorized to administer the same, faithfully and impartially to hear and examine the grievance in …

34:13-3. Board to select secretary and to give notice of time and place of hearing When the board is ready for the transaction of business, it shall select one of its number to act as secretary, whose duty it shall be, when ordered by the board, to give at least two days' notice …

34:13-4. Subpoenas for production of books; attendance of witnesses; penalty It shall be lawful for the clerk of any court of record within the county wherein such board of arbitrators may be, to issue subpoenas for the production of books and papers and for the attendance of wit…

34:13-5. Proceedings before board Witnesses shall be examined on oath or affirmation which oath or affirmation the chairman of the board is empowered to administer. A majority of the board may provide for the examination and investigation of books, documents and accounts pertaini…

34:13-6. Rules The board may make and enforce rules for its government and the transaction of business before it and fix its sessions and adjournments, and shall hear and examine such proof as may be given relative to the matter in dispute.

34:13-7. Decision of board; time, requisites and effect After the matter in dispute has been fully heard, the board, or a majority thereof, shall, within five days, render a decision thereon, which decision shall be reduced to writing, signed by the arbitrators agreeing thereto, …

34:13-8. Power of board to cease on decision and report; other differences may be submitted When the board has reached a decision and filed its report, its power shall cease, unless there may be in existence at the same time other similar grievances or disputes between the same c…

34:13-9. Board to receive no compensation; expenses The members of the board shall not receive any compensation for their services, but the expenses of the board may be met and paid by voluntary subscriptions, which the board is hereby authorized to receive for that purpose.

34:13A-1. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act." L.1941, c. 100, p. 228, s. 1. Amended by L.1968, c. 303, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1968.

34:13A-10. Disqualifications No member or officer of the board having any financial or other interest in a trade, business, industry or occupation in which a labor dispute exists or is threatened and of which the board has taken cognizance, shall be qualified to participate in an…

34:13A-10.1. Board members; participation; membership or employment in other agencies No member of the board shall take any part, directly or indirectly, in any proceeding involving any relation between employees and employers before any board, bureau, commission, officer or cour…

34:13A-11. Rules The board shall have power to adopt, alter, amend or repeal such rules in connection with the voluntary mediation of labor disputes in private employment and the commission shall have the same powers in public employment, as may be necessary for the proper admini…

34:13A-12. Construction Nothing contained in this act shall be construed as interfering with, impeding or diminishing in any way any right guaranteed by law or by the Constitution of the State or of the United States. L.1941, c. 100, p. 232, s. 12.

34:13A-13. Separability of provisions If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or …

34:13A-14. Findings, declarations relative to compulsory arbitration procedure 1. The Legislature finds and declares: a. Recognizing the unique and essential duties which law enforcement officers and firefighters perform for the benefit and protection of the people of this State,…

34:13A-14a. Short title 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Police and Fire Public Interest Arbitration Reform Act." L.1995,c.425,s.1.

34:13A-15 Definitions. 2. "Public fire department" means any department of a municipality, county, fire district, or the State or any agency thereof having employees engaged in firefighting provided that such firefighting employees are included in a negotiating unit exclusively c…

34:13A-16 Negotiations between public fire, police department and exclusive representative; unfair practice charge; negotiation; factfinding; arbitration. 3. a. (1) Negotiations between a public fire or police department and an exclusive representative concerning the terms and co…

34:13A-16.1. Annual continuing education program for arbitrators 4. The commission shall establish an annual continuing education program for the arbitrators appointed to its special panel of arbitrators. The program shall include sessions or seminars on topics and issues of rele…

34:13A-16.2. Guidelines for determining comparability of jurisdictions 5. a. The commission shall promulgate guidelines for determining the comparability of jurisdictions for the purposes of paragraph (2) of subsection g. of section 3 of P.L.1977, c.85 (C.34:13A-16). b. The commi…

34:13A-16.3. Fee schedule; commission's costs 6. The commission may establish a fee schedule to cover the costs of effectuating the provisions of P.L.1977, c.85 (C.34:13A-14 et seq.), as amended and supplemented; provided, however, that the fees so assessed shall not exceed the c…

34:13A-16.4. Biennial reports 7. The commission shall submit biennial reports to the Governor and the Legislature on the effects of this amendatory and supplementary act on the negotiations and settlements between local governmental units and their public police departments and p…

34:13A-16.5. Rules, regulations 8. The commission, in accordance with the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1995,c.425,s.8.

34:13A-16.6. Survey of private sector wage increases 9. Beginning on the July 1 next following the enactment of P.L.1995, c.425 (C.34:13A-14a et al.) and each July 1 thereafter, the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission shall perform, or cause to be performed, a surve…

34:13A-16.7 Definitions relative to police and fire arbitration; limitation on awards. 2. a. As used in this section: "Base salary" means the salary provided pursuant to a salary guide or table and any amount provided pursuant to a salary increment, including any amount provided …

34:13A-16.8 Police and Fire Public Interest Arbitration Impact Task Force. 3. a. There is established a task force, to be known as the Police and Fire Public Interest Arbitration Impact Task Force. b. The task force shall be comprised of eight members as follows: (1) four to be a…

34:13A-16.9 Effective date. 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011; provided however, section 2 of P.L.2010, c.105 (C.34:13A-16.7) shall apply only to collective negotiations between a public employer and the exclusive representative of a public police department or public…

34:13A-17. Powers of arbitrator The arbitrator may administer oaths, require the attendance of witnesses, and the production of such books, papers, contracts, agreements and documents as he may deem material to a just determination of the issues in dispute, and for such purpose m…

34:13A-18. Limitations on finding, opinion, order of arbitrator 5. The arbitrator shall not issue any finding, opinion or order regarding the issue of whether or not a public employer shall remain as a participant in the New Jersey State Health Benefits Program or any governmenta…

34:13A-19. Decision; enforcement; venue; effective date of award; amendment or modification The decision of the arbitrator may be enforced at the instance of either party in the Superior Court with venue laid in the county in which the dispute arose. The commencement of a new pub…

34:13A-2. Declaration of policy It is hereby declared as the public policy of this State that the best interests of the people of the State are served by the prevention or prompt settlement of labor disputes, both in the private and public sectors; that strikes, lockouts, work st…

34:13A-21. Change in conditions during pendency of proceedings; prohibition without consent During the pendency of proceedings before the arbitrator, existing wages, hours and other conditions of employment shall not be changed by action of either party without the consent of the…

34:13A-22 Definitions. 1. As used in this act: "Commission" means the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education. "Discipline" includes all forms of discipline, except tenure charges filed pursuant to the provisions of su…

34:13A-23. Assignment to extracurricular activities; subject to collective negotiations All aspects of assignment to, retention in, dismissal from, and any terms and conditions of employment concerning extracurricular activities shall be deemed mandatory subjects for collective n…

34:13A-24. Imposition of minor discipline a. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, and if negotiated with the majority representative of the employees in the appropriate collective bargaining unit, an employer shall have the authority to impose minor discipline on employ…

34:13A-25. Transfer of employees Transfers of employees by employers between work sites shall not be mandatorily negotiable except that no employer shall transfer an employee for disciplinary reasons. L.1989, c.269, s.4.

34:13A-26. Withholding increment for disciplinary reasons Disputes involving the withholding of an employee's increment by an employer for predominately disciplinary reasons shall be subject to the grievance procedures established pursuant to law and shall be subject to the provi…

34:13A-27. Resolution of disputes a. If there is a dispute as to whether a transfer of an employee between work sites or withholding of an increment of a teaching staff member is disciplinary, the commission shall determine whether the basis for the transfer or withholding is pre…

34:13A-28. Additional rights Nothing in this act shall be deemed to restrict or limit any right established or provided by section 7 of P.L.1968, c.303 (C.34:13A-5.3); this act shall be construed as providing additional rights in addition to and supplementing the rights provided …

34:13A-29 Grievance procedures; binding arbitration. 8. a. The grievance procedures that employers covered by this act are required to negotiate pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1968, c.303 (C.34:13A-5.3) shall be deemed to require binding arbitration as the terminal step with respec…

34:13A-3 Definitions. 3. When used in this act: The term "board" shall mean New Jersey State Board of Mediation. The term "commission" shall mean New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission. “Cannabis employee” means an employee who is an employee of a cannabis employer and…

34:13A-30 Employment with public employee labor organizations, certain; prohibited. 1. During the period in which an individual, pursuant to section 504 of Pub.L.86-257 (29 U.S.C.s.504), is prohibited from serving: as a consultant or adviser to any labor organization; as an offic…