D.U.P. No. 79-12
Synopsis:
The Director of Unfair Practices declines to issue a complaint with respect to an Unfair Practice Charge filed by a chief of police asserting that the chief's employer did not negotiate in good faith and refused to reduce a negotiated agreement to writing. The Director finds that an employer's obligation to negotiate in good faith and to reduce negotiated agreements to writing only arises where there is a majority representative of employees in an appropriate unit. Despite the chief's claim that he is a representative of a negotiations unit, consisting solely of himself, the Director, relying upon a previous decision, In re Borough of Jamesburg, D.U.P. No. 79-5 (1978), finds that a single individual cannot constitute an appropriate collective negotiations unit. The Director also declines to issue a complaint with respect to allegations by the chief that his employee organization was being dominated and/or interfered with by the employer. The Director observes that N.J.S.A. 34:13A-5.4()a)(2) is intended to protect bona fide employee organizations and is not designed to provide additional protections to individuals who seek to deem themselves "employee organizations."
PERC Citation:
D.U.P. No. 79-12, 5 NJPER 13 (¶10007 1978)
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15.41 21.3 71.227 72.2 72.5
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