On The Job

Promotional Testing Report  Author’s note: This article shares some important and factual information regarding the appeals and results being issued. All of this information is from various NJ Civil Service…

The NAPO Report The House passed the Invest to Protect Act, H.R. 6448, on Sept. 22, by a large bipartisan vote of 360-64. The legislation, which would create a broad…

PFRS Report  As we end the summer, the board continues to move in full swing to address the many issues that revolve around our system. We covered a number of…

Pension Benefits Report For all of our Tier 2 and Tier 3 members, you are eligible to enroll in the Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (DCRP). The DCRP was established under…

NJ State PBA Legal Corner  By Robert A. Fagella, Esq., Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. As a result of the recent passage of the recreational cannabis law known as the New…

Labor Relations Report  In September 2020, NJSPBA President Pat Colligan was asked to intervene in Bergenfield’s contract negotiations to get it “back on track and resolve this long dispute.” Surprisingly,…

Health Benefits Report  Well, we knew that there would be a post-COVID bump in the rates this year, but no one saw 24 percent coming. The Division released the mid-year…

Professional Development  A recent New Jersey Appellate Court decision clarified that an adult defendant’s aunt and mother did not have authority to consent to a search of closed containers belonging…

NJSPBA holds training session for members to learn how to use forcible entry techniques By Mitchell Krugel The way officers formed two lines in the parking lot behind the NJ…

Labor Relations Report  The Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) held that the City of Newark violated subsections 5.4a(5) and (1) of the New Jersey Employer–Employee Relations Act, N.J.S.A. 34:13A-1 et…