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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Thomas D. Hartigan
Delaware County, PA
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Mutually selected in over 1,000 cases in the public and private sectors in NJ, NY, PA & NYC. All variety of issues including salary, salary guide and step systems, discipline, work load, safety, health insurance, etc.
Other arbitration panels: American Arbitration Association (NJ, NY & PA), New York/New Jersey Port Authority Employment Relations Panel, New York Public Employment Relations Board, New York City Office of Collective Bargaining,
Pennsylvania Bureau of Mediation Rotating arbitration panels: Comcast & OPEIU, District Council 1199J & Park Crescent Health Center, Elizabeth Board of Education & NJEA, State of New Jersey & PBA 105, Jersey City Med. Center & AFSCME and NJ Dept. of Education-Teacher Tenure Panel.
MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
Mediated hundreds of cases as Staff Mediator & Director of Conciliation with NJ PERC (1976 - 2003). Appointed or mutually selected in over 90 mediation cases with NJ PERC, NY/NJ Port Authority, NY PERB since 2003. Mutually selected in over 200 Fact Finding cases with NJ PERC and NY/NJ Port Authority.
INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
MS - Labor Relations, University of Massachusetts
BS - Business Administration, La Salle University
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
National Academy of Arbitrators, Labor and Employment Relations Association
OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
Served as Interest Arbitrator in Gateway Community Action Partnership & UAW 2327. Speaker/panelist at NJEA Training, NJ School Board's Association, and Association of Labor Relations Agencies' Public Sector Mediation Panel.
PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $2,000 + expensesINTEREST ARBITRATION $($2,500 for Factfinding & SuperConciliation cases.)
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any): Per diem for less than fifteen (15) business days notice.