Essex County Sheriff's Department v. Essex County Correctional Officers Ass'n

Lowy, David A., J.

This action arises from the decision of an arbitrator reinstating, with full back pay and benefits, Lt. Jerry Enos (“Enos”) and Sgt. K. Ricky Thompson (“Thompson”) as supervisoiy employees in a corrections institution, following their termination. Their termination was based on the claim that they, as webmasters of the defendant Essex County Correctional Officers Association’s (“ECCOA”) website, had permitted, condoned or encouraged others to post racially and sexually harassing messages on the website and themselves made harassing and otherwise offensive comments on the…