Common use of Community of Interest Clause in Contracts

Community of Interest. A factor to be considered in determining whether employees should be grouped together as an appropriate bargaining unit. Community of interest is not defined by the New Jersey Employer- Employee Relations Act, but the Public Employee Relations Commission has ruled that a community of interest arises among all nonsupervisory employees in a school district (both certificated and noncertificated) because school district employees have a common employer, work in the same buildings, and have similar goals and purposes, i.e., the education and betterment of students. Comparative Data –Statistical data used to make com- parisons between levels of employee compensation. Frequently used to support bargaining proposals. Boards should ascertain that the data reflects similarities in the districts’ demographics and other working conditions. Concerted Activity–Usually means a strike, but refers to any kind of job action by an employee group or groups of employees designed to put pressure on the employer to reach a settlement quickly.