N.J. Admin. Code § 19:12-2.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 17, September 3, 2024

Section 19:12-2.1 - Commencement of negotiations

(a) The parties to a collective negotiations agreement shall commence negotiations for a successor agreement, or in the case of an agreed reopener provision shall commence negotiations pursuant to such reopener provision, no later than 120 days prior to the public employer's required budget submission date. The term "required budget submission date" shall refer to the first budget implementing the successor agreement or the agreement pursuant to the reopener provision, as the case may be. In circumstances where the Commission has not determined the public employer's required budget submission date, the public employer shall notify the employee representative in writing of the required budget submission date no later than 150 days prior to such date. The foregoing provisions shall not preclude the parties from agreeing to the automatic renewal of the collective negotiations agreement unless either party shall have notified the other party of its intention to terminate or modify the agreement, nor shall it preclude the parties from establishing by mutual agreement an alternative date for the commencement of negotiations.

(b) The party initiating negotiations shall, no later than 15 days prior to the commencement date of negotiations required by this section or any alternate commencement date agreed to by the parties, notify the other party in writing of its intention to commence negotiations on such date and shall simultaneously file with the Commission a copy of such notification. A form for filing such notice may be downloaded from the Commission's website at: http://www.state.nj.us/perc/counciliation/forms/ or will be supplied, upon request, addressed to: Public Employment Relations Commission, PO Box 429, Trenton, NJ 08625-0429.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate or alter obligations of parties to newly established collective negotiations relationships, whether created by recognition or by certification.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:12-2.1

Amended by R.1996 d.364, effective 8/5/1996.
See: 28 New Jersey Register 2797(a), 28 New Jersey Register 3813(a).
Amended by R.2001 d.214, effective 7/2/2001.
See: 33 New Jersey Register 1169(a), 33 New Jersey Register 2281(a).
Rewrote (b).

Amended by 53 N.J.R. 1167(a), effective 7/6/2021