Labor Relations

Analyzing & Constructing Salary Guides
February 21, 2009
The Conference Center at RWJ Hamilton Center for Health and Wellness, Hamilton Twp. (Mercer County)
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Learn how the structure of the salary guides affect management goals, such as attracting new teachers, retaining existing staff, and rewarding staff throughout the guide. Participants will discover how salary guide distortions can impede competitiveness in tight employment markets. Various techniques will be demonstrated that can be used to correct guide inequities, such as balloons. Attendees will also receive a structural analysis of their own districts’ teacher salary guides. The day will conclude with a demonstration of proven bargaining skills to achieve salary guide changes.

Registration per person: $207
Academy Credits: 4
CBM Core Areas: Labor Relations, Relationships
MBM Core Areas: Labor Relations
CBL Status: Not eligible for credit

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Preparing for Bargaining
September 13, 2008
The Conference Center at RWJ Hamilton Center for Health and Wellness, Hamilton Twp. (Mercer County)
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This program focuses on the basic knowledge and preparation activities that are critical to effective bargaining. Topics include: the board’s rights and obligations under the law; the role of the board’s bargaining team; costing out the contract; and developing board proposals. Participants will observe a demonstration of the negotiations process and will participate in exercises and discussions.


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Intermediate Bargaining
September 27, 2008
The Conference Center at RWJ Hamilton Center for Health and Wellness, Hamilton Twp. (Mercer County)
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This program focuses on what actually happens at the bargaining table: how to begin, what to expect, and how to respond. Presentations include: the mechanics of bargaining (ground rules, timing, procedures); analyzing and responding to union proposals; communications at-the-table; trade-offs; use of comparative data; and impasse procedures. Participants will participate in exercises and critique a negotiations demonstration.


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Labor Relations Clinic
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Atlantic City Convention Center

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Labor Relations Mini-Workshop
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Atlantic City Convention Center

Each year at the NJSBA annual convention, a half-day “mini-workshop” is sponsored by the Labor Relations Department. The focus is a current topic of interest. In the past, topics have included: continuing education requirements; collaborative bargaining; merit pay and other alternative forms of compensation; changes in the PERC law; and the role of the public and the press in labor relations..

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Action Labs
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Atlantic City Convention Center

Each year at the NJSBA annual convention, Labor Relations staff offer Action Labs on areas of current interest.


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