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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Richard C. Gwin
Mercer County, NJ


Full time Arbitrator, Mediator, Fact-Finder, Conciliator

GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Panel memberships include: American Arbitration Association, New Jersey Board of Mediation, NYC Office of Collective Bargaining, Delaware PERB and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Issues include arbitrability, contract interpretation, discipline and discharge, unit work, transfers, overtime, sick leave, holiday pay, interest, and tenure.

MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
PERC staff Mediator (1989 to 2004); PERC Chief Mediator (2005-2007); PERC Director of Arbitration and Conciliation (2007-2010). Currently on impasse panels at NJPERC, PANYNJ, and Delaware PERB. Have served as mediator, fact-finder or conciliator in over 1200 negotiations impasses.

INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, B.S. 1977
Beasley School of Law, Temple University, J.D. 1982

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Labor and Employment Relations Association
PA Bar Association member

OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
(2010-2012)-NYC 3020-a Tenure Panel Hearing Officer; (1984-1989)-Hearing Examiner, Hearing Officer, Special Assistant to the Chair at PERC; (1982-1984)-Associate at Alexander, Garbarino Law Offices; (1980-1982)-Apprentice to Arbitrator Richard Kasher; (1978-1980)-Managing Editor, Labor Relations Press.

PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $2,000 + expensesINTEREST ARBITRATION $$2,200 for Factfinding & SuperConciliation cases
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any): Full per diem within 20 calendar days.