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ONLINE
RESOURCES
Breaking Issues
Benefit Reform and Premium Sharing
Extremely Important PERC Ruling - Increment
National/State/Local Conditions Affecting Negotiations
SEHBP Rates for Local Boards of Education (1/1/11-12/31/11)
Settlement Rates in Perspective
NJSBA Q&A on New Health Benefits Law (S-3)
Guidance on S-3 – From the Department of Community Affairs
Division of Pensions & Benefits FAQ for S-3
An Overview of Reduction-In-Force (RIF)
Redefining the Bargaining Environment
Other Issues of Significance
Factfinding - What Must the Board Do?
Merit Pay
Paid Family Leave
Regionalization and Labor Relations
Salary Guides
SEHBP Rates for Local Boards of Education (1/1/10 - 12/31/10)
Sick Leave Banks
Cases Impacting Health Benefit Changes
Supreme Court Decision on Midcontract Terminations
School Calendar: Rescheduling Snow Days
Changes to the State Health Benefits Plan (April 1, 2008)
Pension Changes and the School Employees' Health Benefits Plan (2007)
FAQ on the Public Benefits Reform Act (S-17) (2007)
SHBP Reforms (2007)
2006 Amendment to the PERC Law
Labor
Relations Implications of S-1701 (2007)
Health Insurance
Info
Civil Union and Domestic Partnership Acts
Continuing Education
Mentoring
Staff Recruitment
SERVICES
Advice and Assistance
Labor relations staff are available to answer questions and provide advice and assistance to board members, administrators, and attorneys on such diverse topics as negotiations, grievances, mediation, fact-finding, job actions, salary guides, contract language, employee benefits, as well as statutes and case-law affecting labor relations. Contact Labor Relations at 609-278-5219.
In-District Consultations
Labor relations staff will analyze
your districts collective bargaining agreement to identify
provisions that are illegal or ill-advised and provisions that
are advantageous and protective of the boards interests.
A staff member will meet with your board (or negotiations
committee) to review this analysis and answer questions.
In addition, labor relations staff can provide
in-district consultations on specific topics of interest, such
as:
preparing for bargaining; negotiations strategy; analysis
of board and union proposals; collaborative bargaining;
preparing for mediation and fact-finding; contract
administration; salary guide problems; and employee job actions.
Salary Guide Assistance
Labor relations staff
will review and analyze your districts salary guides to
identify potential problems (e.g., high cost of increments,
balloons and other aberrations) and to help the board identify
its bargaining goals for successor guides.
Strategies and advice for dealing with salary guide
problems are provided.
Membership services include an analysis of the districts
expiring guide and one set of proposed guides.
Assistance in analyzing additional proposals and in
constructing salary guides is available for a fee.
Job Actions and Strikes
NJSBA assists boards who are
anticipating or experiencing job actions or strikes. Assistance
may include helping the board understand its legal rights and
obligations in dealing with work slowdowns or stoppages; helping
the board develop effective strategies for responding to job
actions; and providing sample contingency plans, pleadings and
policies.
List
of Professional Negotiators
School boards can request
information and a list of professional negotiators who are
experienced in school district negotiations.
Contact
Carol Palaia.
Negotiations Data
The Department collects
negotiations settlement information and analyzes teacher
collective bargaining agreements.
Members can access an extensive array of information
on-line, such as:
teacher settlement rates; board achievements in
negotiations; health insurance provisions; leaves of absence;
salary guides; and selected contract provisions.
(To access this data, click on
Current Negotiations
Data.)
Contact
Sandy Raup.
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