Randolph Township Board of Education v. Randolph Education Ass'n

The opinion of the court was delivered by

D’ANNUNZIO, J.A.D.

The issue is whether a Board of Education must arbitrate the withholding of an annual salary increment from a non-teaching employee. This is the second appeal regarding the dispute between appellant, the Randolph Township Board of Education (Board) and respondent, the Randolph Education Association. In the first appeal, we held that the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) had the authority to determine whether *542withholding of an increment was disciplinary or performance-based. If disciplinary, the withholding is mandatorily…