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

34:13A-62 Collective negotiations agreement parties, authority, arbitration. 7. Only the parties to a collective negotiations agreement shall have the authority to invoke the arbitration procedures of the agreement and the public employer and the employee organization shall be th…

34:13A-63 Majority representative election, certification; electronic signature. 8. Authorization cards or showings of interest submitted to the commission for purposes of conducting an election to select a majority representative or certifying an employee organization as the exc…

34:13A-64 Violation, unfair practice charge; scheduling of hearings. 9. Complaints issued based on a violation of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of section 1 of P.L.1974, c.123 (C.34:13A-5.4) shall be scheduled for hearing within 120 calendar days from date of complaint issuance…

34:13A-65 Rights of cannabis employees. 6. Rights of Cannabis Employees a. Cannabis employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other con…

34:13A-66 Unfair labor practices, cannabis employers. 7. Unfair Labor Practices; Cannabis Employers a. It shall be an unfair labor practice for a cannabis employer to: (1) interfere with, restrain, or coerce cannabis employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 6…

34:13A-67 Representatives and elections, cannabis employees. 8. Representatives and Elections; Cannabis Employees a. Representatives designated or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the cannabis employees in a unit appropriate for those purposes…

34:13A-68 Collective bargaining procedures. 9. Collective bargaining procedures; Cannabis Employees a. To bargain collectively is the performance of the mutual obligation of the cannabis employer and the representative of the cannabis employees to meet at reasonable times and con…

34:13A-69 Grounds for decertification of labor organization. 10. Decertification; Cannabis Employees The Division of Private Employment Dispute Settlement shall decertify a labor organization representing cannabis employees if either of the following occur: a. The Division of Civ…

34:13A-7. Arbitration Whenever a controversy shall arise between an employer and his employees which is not settled either in conference between representatives of the parties or through mediation in the manner provided by this act, such controversy may, by agreement of the parti…

34:13A-70 Prevention of unfair labor practices and refusal to adhere to representative; election and bargaining procedures; judicial review and enforcement. 11. Prevention of Unfair Labor Practices and Refusal to Adhere to Representative, Election, and Bargaining Procedures; Judi…

34:13A-71 Access to employees, employee information. 12. a. If an employee organization seeking to be a majority representative of cannabis employees employed by a cannabis employer petitions the division to require the employer to provide a list of the current employees with con…

34:13A-72 Publicity, advising the public. 13. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an organization representing cannabis employees, and its members, representatives, and supporters, shall have the right to engage in publicity, including picketing, for the purpose of truthfull…

34:13A-73 Adoption of rules and regulations, New Jersey State Board of Mediation. 14. The New Jersey State Board of Mediation, in consultation with the Division of Private Employment Dispute Settlement, may adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act…

34:13A-8. Strikes Nothing in this act shall be construed to interfere with, impede or diminish in any way the right of private employees to strike or engage in other lawful concerted activities. L.1941, c. 100, p. 231, s. 8. Amended by L.1968, c. 303, s. 9, eff. July 1, 1968.

34:13A-8.1. Effect of act upon prior agreements or upon pension statutes Nothing in this act shall be construed to annul or modify, or to preclude the continuation of any agreement during its current term heretofore entered into between any public employer and any employee organi…

34:13A-8.2. Filed contracts in public employment The commission shall collect and maintain a current file of filed contracts in public employment. Public employers shall file with the commission a copy of any contracts it has negotiated with public employee representatives follow…

34:13A-8.3. Development and maintenance of programs The commission in conjunction with the Institute of Management and Labor of Rutgers, The State University, shall develop and maintain a program for the guidance of public employees and public employers in employee-management rel…

34:13A-9. Personnel; compensation (1) For the performance of its work, under this act, the board may request and shall avail itself of and utilize the service of any officer or employee of the Department of Labor and Industry who shall render such assistance as the board may requ…

34:13B-1. Declaration of policy It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that heat, light, power, sanitation, transportation, communication, and water are life essentials of the people; that the possibility of labor strike in utilities operating under governmental fran…

34:13B-13. Seizure Should either party in a labor dispute between a utility and its employees, after having given sixty days' notice thereof, or failing to give such notice, engage in any strike, work stoppage or lockout which, in the opinion of the Governor, will result in the f…

34:13B-14. Rules and regulations The Governor is authorized to prescribe the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this act. L.1946, c. 38, p. 94, s. 14.

34:13B-15. Labor not to be required without employee's consent Under no circumstances shall any employee be required to render, perform or engage in any work, labor or service without his consent; nor shall anything in this act, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, …

34:13B-16 Definitions. 16. (a) The term "public utility" shall include autobusses; bridge companies; canal companies; electric light, heat and power companies; ferries and steamboats; gas companies; pipeline companies; railroads; sewer companies; steam and water power companies; …

34:13B-17. Severability If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this act, or of any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, 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 …

34:13B-18. Sixty-day notice of intention to strike It shall be unlawful for any employee or representative of any craft, class or group of employees of a public utility to institute, participate in or aid in the conduct of a strike or work stoppage or for a public utility or any …

34:13B-19. Strike after seizure After the Governor has taken or shall take possession of any plant, equipment or facility of any public utility for the use and operation by the State of New Jersey in the public interest, pursuant to the provisions of section thirteen of the act w…

34:13B-2. Collective bargaining Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing. The majority of any craft or class of employees shall have the right to determine who shall be the representative of the craft or cla…

34:13B-2.1 Construction contractors, employees, OSHA certification, payment of rate for trade, craft; required on public utility work. 2. Any construction contractor contracting with a public utility to engage in construction work on a public utility shall employ on the site only…

34:13B-20. Board of arbitration; submission to Board Within ten days after the Governor has taken or shall take possession of any plant, equipment or facility of any public utility pursuant to the provisions of section thirteen of the act which this act supplements, or within ten…

34:13B-21. Hearing; powers of Board; refusal to testify or produce evidence The Board of Arbitration shall promptly proceed to arbitrate the matters submitted to it. It shall promptly hold hearings and shall have the power to administer oaths and compel by subpoena the attendance…

34:13B-23. Findings and award; duration of order; retroactive effect The findings, decision and order of the Board of Arbitration shall, unless modified or reversed on appeal, be conclusive and binding upon all of the parties to the dispute and such order of such board shall be c…

34:13B-24. Lockout, strike or work stoppage; penalty Any lockout, authorized or engaged in, by any public utility in violation of any provision of this act, or any failure or refusal by a public utility to abide by the terms of any decision or order made by any board of arbitrati…

34:13B-25. Violations Any officer or agent of any public utility or labor union, or any person performing the duties of such officer or agent, who shall willfully violate, or aid and abet the violation of any of the provisions of this act, or attempt to do so, shall, for each suc…

34:13B-26. Injunctive relief; declaratory or other relief Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary: The commissioner, director or other chief administrative officer of any department or agency of the Government of the State of New Jersey through which the p…

34:13B-27. Written findings and decision; factors to be considered (a) It shall be the duty of each board of arbitration appointed pursuant to chapter forty-seven of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven to make written findings of fact and to promulgate a written…

34:13B-28. Repeal Section six of chapter forty-seven of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven is repealed. L.1949, c. 308, p. 997, s. 2.

34:13B-3. Additional powers to State Board of Mediation There is hereby included in the functions of the State Board of Mediation the following responsibility: (A) The determination of who are the representatives of any given craft or class of employees of a utility; which employ…

34:13B-4. Contracts between a utility and its employees All labor agreements hereafter entered into between the management of a utility and its employees or any craft or class of employees shall be reduced to writing and continue for a period of not less than one year from the da…

34:13B-5. Written notice of changes desired in existing labor contracts required In the case of all existing labor contracts, agreements or understandings which do not provide for at least a sixty-day notice of desired changes and which contracts, agreements or understandings ter…

34:13B-6. Expired labor contracts; written notice of desired changes required Whenever at the time of the passage of this act a labor contract between a utility and its employees has existed and has expired, and where services are still being performed by the said employees under…

34:13B-7. Change in terms of employment not the subject of contract; notice of changes desired Whenever, after the passage of this act, a situation exists in any utility whereby employees are rendering services under terms and conditions which were not at the time of the passage …

34:13C-1. Importation or transportation of strikebreakers It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to import from outside the boundaries of the State of New Jersey, or to transport within the State of New Jersey, or to supply from without the State an…

34:13C-2. Recruitment, etc., of persons to take place of employees during strike or lockout It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, not directly involved in a strike or lockout, to recruit any person or persons for employment, or to secure or offer to secure for…

34:13C-3. Applicability of provisions to employment agents and New Jersey Employment Service Employment agents licensed as such under the laws of the State of New Jersey, and the New Jersey Employment Service shall not be affected by sections 1 or 2 of this act, but no such emplo…

34:13C-4. Importation of union pickets This act shall apply to the importation of union pickets from without the State. L.1960, c. 193, p. 834, s. 4.

34:13C-5. Violation; penalty Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.1960, c. 193, p. 834, s. 5.