Council of New Jersey State College Locals v. State Board of Higher Education

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.

This case requires us to determine whether a State agency can pass regulations establishing terms and conditions of employment directly affecting its own employees without submitting those matters to collective negotiations.

*23In State v. State Supervisory Employees Ass’n, 78 N.J. 54, 81 (1978), we held that “the adoption of any specific statute or regulation setting or controlling a particular term or condition of employment will preempt” negotiation on that subject. However, that case involved regulations passed by the Civil Service…