New Brunswick Mun. Emps. Ass'n v.

The opinion of the court was delivered by ACCURSO, J.A.D.

*410The question presented by this appeal is whether PERC, the Public Employment Relations Commission, is correct the contribution rates included in the Pension and Health Care Benefits Act (Chapter 78) L. 2011, c. 78, N.J.S.A. 52:14-17.28c, which top out at thirty-five percent, do not preempt the provision in the parties' contract requiring eligible retirees to contribute fifty percent of the costs of their health care coverage.

Article XXI of the 2011-2014 collective negotiations agreement (CNA) ending December 31, 2014 between the City of…