Legal Opinion
Communications Workers of America, Local 1087 v. Monmouth County Board of Social Services
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 21, 1984PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
SCHREIBER, J.
A number of civil service employees whose names had been improperly removed from a promotion list sought retroactive pay for the period between the removal of their names from the list and their eventual promotions. In a ruling reversed by the Law Division but ultimately reinstated by the Appellate Division, the arbitrator awarded the employees back pay for that period. We reverse. We hold that the arbitrator lacked the authority to make such a back-pay award, which was not authorized by the parties’ collectively negotiated agreement.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
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