Ridgefield Park Education Ass'n v. Ridgefield Park Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

*149Pashman, J.

At issue herein is whether the 1974 amendments to the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act, L. 1968, o. 303, as amended by L. 1974, c. 123, N. J. S. A. 34:13A-1 et seq. (the Act), created a class of permissively negotiable matters which, while not qualifying as mandatorily negotiable terms and conditions of employment, are nevertheless negotiable on a voluntary basis. The Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) has concluded that such a permissive category indeed exists. See In re Bd. of Ed. of the Borough of Fair Lawn, PERC No.…