WHEREAS, Executive
Order No. 21 was enacted to promote harmonious relations between
the State and its employees while ensuring the efficient and continuous
delivery of public services; and
WHEREAS, the
goal of this Administration under Executive Order No. 21 is to encourage
cooperation between the State and its employees by facilitating
the exchange of information and ideas between the responsible parties;
and
WHEREAS, collective
negotiations between the State and its employees concerning the
terms and conditions of employment are about to commence; and
WHEREAS, it
is the further goal of this Administration that an orderly, efficient
and good faith process for conducting negotiations be established
which preserves the rights of the State and its employees;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, Governor of the State of New Jersey,
by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
statutes of the State of New Jersey, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:
1. Executive
Order No. 21 shall remain in full force and effect except as modified
herein.
2. Paragraph
2(c) of Executive Order No. 21 is hereby rescinded and replaced
by the following: The Council shall advise the Governor on employee
relations policy, and related matters involving State employees.
3. Paragraph
3 of Executive Order No. 21 is hereby rescinded and replaced by
the following: The Council is authorized to hire such outside
consultants and counsel as deemed necessary to fulfill its mandate
pursuant to this Order.
4. Paragraph
7 of Executive Order No. 21 is hereby rescinded and replaced by
the following: The Office of Employee Relations is hereby transferred
from the Department of Personnel to the Office of the Governor
and shall report to the Governor's Chief of Staff (the "Chief
of Staff"). Compensation for employees of the Office of Employee
Relations shall be consistent with guidelines or regulations established
by the Department of Personnel.
5. Paragraph
8(c) and (d) of Executive Order No. 21 is hereby rescinded and
replaced by the following: (c) providing support staff to the
Chief of Staff or labor counsel and rendering such reports to
labor counsel as the labor counsel may direct or the Chief of
Staff determines; and (d) offering recommendations to the Governor's
Employee Relations Policy Council concerning employee relations
and related matters involving State employees.
6. Paragraph
9 of Executive Order No. 21 is deleted and replaced by the following:
The Chief of Staff shall serve, through labor counsel, as the
Governor's agent in conducting collective negotiations with employee
organizations.
7. Paragraph
10(a) of Executive Order No. 21 is hereby rescinded and replaced
by the following: All appropriations, personnel, records and property
associated with the Office of Employee Relations shall be reallocated
within the Office of the Governor in such a manner as the Chief
of Staff deems appropriate in order to maximize efficiency, service
and cost-effectiveness.
8. Paragraph
10(c) of Executive Order No. 21 is hereby rescinded and replaced
by the following: Except as herein otherwise provided and in accordance
with Title 11A, Civil Service of the New Jersey Statutes, allocation
of the Office of Employee Relations to the Office of the Governor
shall not alter or change the term, tenure of office, rights,
obligations, duties or responsibilities otherwise pertaining to
the Office of Employee Relations.
9. This
Order shall take effect immediately.
GIVEN,
under my hand and seal
this day of in the Year of Our Lord,
One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Ninety Five, and of the Independence
of the United States, the Two Hundred
and Nineteenth.
/s/
Christine Todd Whitman
GOVERNOR
Attest:
/s/ Margaret
M. Foti
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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