· 11/20/1973
Burlington County College Faculty Ass'n v. Board of Trustees
Citations
- 311 A.2d 733
- 64 N.J. 10
- 1973 N.J. LEXIS 138
- 84 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2857
How courts have described this case
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- holding that formulation of college calendar fixing length and division of college year was managerial prerogative and not proper subject of mandatory negotiation
- holding that setting of college calendar implicated academic freedom and was therefore outside scope of Act
- holding that \the college calendar is not a proper subject of mandatory negotiation and that the lower court's holding to the contrary was erroneous\
- noting that “days and hours of work by individual faculty members . . . are mandatorily negotiable under the [Employer- Employee Relations Act]”
- noting that “days and hours of work by individual faculty members ... are mandatorily negotiable under the [Employer-Employee Relations Act]”
- board properly negotiated faculty's working terms and conditions, such as compensation, hours, work load, sick leaves, personal and sabbatical leaves, physical accommodations, and grievance procedures; no legal duty to negotiate college calendar
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Judges: Jacobs
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