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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Joel
Scharff
Burlington Cty, NJ
Attorney/Arbitrator
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Significant public sector experience in a broad range of issues affecting blue and white collar employees, professional employees (including university employees, school district employees and health profession employees), police and fire employees. Disciplinary and contractual language disputes (including wages; benefits; leaves; promotions; discrimination; union and employee rights,etc) Appointed to state employee and college faculty panels in 1984; ILGWU appointed panelist; American Arbitration Association, NJ Board of Mediation panelist and Port Authority Labor panelist (1984)
MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
PERC staff mediator appointed 1974. Mediation experience with broad range of public sector employees. Fact finding and interest arbitration beginning 1984.
INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
BA - Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ
JD - Rutgers Law School (Newark)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
New Jersey Bar
OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
PERC hearing officer and hearing examiner; representation officer; mediator; director of division of representation and unfair practices (1974-1984);full time neutral arbitrator (1984-1989); Solo practitioner, Associate attorney and Of Counsel to several labor law and education law firms since 1989 (management and union side); Director of Personnel and Human Resources, Cumberland County (2012-1013)
PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $
1,800
INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any):
Per diem fee if within 3 weeks of hearing date