New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION › Chapter 10 - DEFINITIONS, SERVICE, CONSTRUCTION › Subchapter 5 - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Section 19:10-5.1 - Description of organization

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The Division of
				  Public Employment Relations is the administrative agency established to
				  implement and administer the provisions of the New Jersey Employer-Employee
				  Relations Act (N.J.S.A.
				  34:13A-1 et seq.) concerning
				  employer-employee relations in public employment (N.J.S.A.
				  34:13A-5.1). The New Jersey Public Employment
				  Relations Commission is the body established within the division which has been
				  granted the powers and duties by the act (N.J.S.A.
				  34:13A-5.2). The commission is to consist of
				  seven members to be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and
				  consent of the Senate. Of such members, two shall be representatives of public
				  employers, two shall be representatives of public employee organizations and
				  three shall be representatives of the public. One of the public members is
				  appointed as the full-time Chair and is the chief executive officer of the
				  commission and the division (N.J.S.A.
				  34:13A-5.2).
(b) The staff of the Commission consists of
				  the personnel of the Division of the Public Employment Relations, all of whom
				  have been designated officers of the Commission (N.J.A.C.
				  19:10-1.1). The division is divided into four
				  general sections--arbitration, conciliation, representation and unfair
				  practices, which correspond to the three main areas of responsibility delegated
				  to the Commission by the Act. (See
				  N.J.S.A.
				  34:13A-6(b);
				  N.J.S.A.
				  34:13A-6(d); and
				  N.J.S.A.
				  34:13A-5.4(c),
				  respectively.) The Commission has designated a staff member to be the director
				  of each section and has delegated to that officer the powers conferred on the
				  Commission in connection with the duties delegated in the appropriate chapters
				  of these rules. See
				  N.J.A.C.
				  19:10-1.1 for the definition of Director or
				  Arbitration; Director of Conciliation; Director of Representation; and Director
				  of Unfair Practices. Any additional areas of statutory responsibility are
				  administered under the direct supervision of the Chair.
(c) The staff of the commission also includes
				  a full-time general counsel and one or more deputies who render legal advice
				  with respect to commission matters, and represent the commission in judicial
				  proceedings pursuant to special counsel appointments under
				  N.J.S.A.
				  52:17A-13. Additionally, the Commission Chair
				  is assisted in the performance of his or her duties, particularly in the area
				  of scope of negotiations proceedings, by an individual designated by the
				  commission as the special assistant to the Chair.
(d) The division, including the Commission,
				  is located in Trenton and the public may obtain information with regard to the
				  functions and proceedings of the Commission at the offices of the Commission,
				  on the Commission's Web site
www.state.nj.us/perc
or by writing to the
				  New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, PO Box 429, Trenton, New
				  Jersey 08625-0429.