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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Robert T. Simmelkjaer
Bergen Cty, NJ

Arbitrator/Mediator/Attorney/Professor
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
1980 - present: Served as grievance arbitrator in public and private sectors on select panels as well as AAA, FMCS PERB, PERC, OCB, NY & NJ Port Authority and other general lists. Public sector cases include teachers, police, firefighters, municipal employees, nurses, et al. Private sector cases include airlines, automotive, communications, chemical, electrical workers, EMS, entertainment, hospital, hotel, insurance, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, retail, steel, and transportation. Also, federal sector grievance arbitration for several federal agencies such as social security, consumer regulation, customs & border protection, defense, justice, Library of Congress, copyright/trademark (commerce) and transportation. Over 1,000 decisions issued. Issues arbitrated include: arbitrability, computer systems/ forensics, discipline & discharge, fringe benefits,insubordination, job classification, layoffs, management rights, overtime, past practice, productivity, promotions, seniority, sexual harassment, subcontracting and substance abuse.
MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
1980 -present: Served as public sector mediator, fact-finder and super-conciliator in over 1,000 disputes in New York, New Jersey and the Washington-Baltimore area. Dispute resolution has involved teachers, police, firefighters, hospital, transit, clerical, corrections, municipal employees, sanitation and OTB. Fact-finding/mediation has included police/firefighter interest arbitration cases as well as impasse resolution in major New York State cities such as NYC, Albany,Buffalo, and Yonkers. Also mediator in NJ: Hanover Twp., Plainfield, Westwood & City of Elizabeth. Also mediator on AAA Employment Panel for employment discrimination and executive/CEO employment contract disputes.
INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, Labor & Employment
MBA, Columbia University, Industrial Relations/Labor Economics
Ed.D., Columbia University, Administrative Sciences
B.S., M.A., City College of CUNY, Political Science
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; Chair, Law & Legislation and International Studies Committees, National Academy of Arbitrators; Adjunct Faculty, Cornell University/NYSSILR; ADR Coordinator, NJSBA; President, LERA, NJ Chapter; Bencher, Sidney Reitman Employment Law Inn of Court; Lecturer on Evidentiary Challenges in Theft, Off-Duty Misconduct, and Absenteeism Cases , Labor Arbitration Institute; President/CEO, Institute for Mediation & Conflict Resolution; Adjunct Faculty, George Meany Center for Labor Studies; NYSBA, Secretary, Chair: Law School Liaison, Finance & Labor Arbitration Committees; Deputy Chief Counsel, Joint Commission for Integrity in the Public Schools; Harvard University, Program on Negotiation.
OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
Vice Provost, Dean and Professor of Public Administration, City College of CUNY- taught courses in labor law, collective bargaining & finance. Publications: Guest Editor, "Labor & Employment Dispute Resolution in Selected Countries," Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, (2013), Chapters on Arbitration & Collective Bargaining Impasses in Federal Civil Service Law & Procedure, BNA (1990); Chapter on Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment Arbitration, Matthew Bender (2000). ALJ for NYC MTA; Vice Chair, Personnel Appeals Board, U.S. Gov't Accountability Office; U.S. Senate, Presiding Member, OSFEP; Principal, teacher, High School. Arbitration Panels: NJ State Education Dept., Commissioner's Permanent Panel of Arbitrators; PERC's Special Disciplinary Arbitration Panel; DC 37 & School Construction Authority; CSEA & Nassau County; 1199 SEIU & Voluntary League of Hospitals; Local 32BJ & FJC Security Services; Verizon & CWA; Inter-Casino Group & Local 54; NTEU/U.S. Customs & Border Protection (National Roster); MD Transit Admin. & ATU; United Steelworkers & Continental/American/National Can Cos.; USPS & NALC/APWU. Also, member of AAA Labor, Employment & Commercial Arbitration Panels as well as Multi-Employer Pension Plan Withdrawal Liability Disputes. Also included as permanent arbitrator on rotating panels in School Districts. Presentations/Speaker for several organizations including: "ADR for Employment Lawyers," (ICLE); "Mediator's Roundtable" (ICLE); "Cultural Issues in Arbitration" (AAA); "Distinguishing Labor Arbitration from Employment Arbitration" (NJSBA).
PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $2,300INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any): 15 business days or 30 calendar days if multiple days scheduled. Travel Time: When travel time exceeds 4 hours, I charge as follows: one-half (1/2) day @ per diem rate.