First Name: Initial: Last Name: Suffix: Arbitrator Since: Joseph Licata Esq. 2000

Arbitration/Mediation Experience

Arbitrate labor/management grievance disputes for the American Arbitration Association, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, New Jersey State Board of Mediation, New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, New York State Public Employment Relations Board, and Office of Collective Bargaining. Mediate labor and employment impasses for the New Jersey Employment Relations Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Newark Region), and the Statewide Civil Mediation Program of the New Jersey Courts, Rule 1:40.

Panels/Permanent Arbitrator

Port Authority NY/NJ & NY/NJ Port Authority PBA, April of 2005 – Present Waste Management & IBT 701 January of 2005 – Present State of New Jersey & CWA Locals 1033 and 1034, January of 2004 – Present State of New Jersey & N.J. State PBA Local 105, January of 2004 – Present Winston Towers & IBT Local 734, July of 2003-Present

Issues/Industries

Discipline and Discharge; Retirement Benefits; Drug/Alcohol Offenses; Holidays; Leave of Absence; Job Performance; Job Posting/Bidding; Layoffs/Bumping/Recall; Management Rights; Past Practices; Funds Disputes; Promotion; Safety/Health Conditions; Seniority; Sexual Harassment; Subcontracting/Contracting Out; Job Classification & Rates; Overtime Pay; Work Hours/Schedules/Assignments; Working Conditions/ Work Orders. (All major industries and Public Sector).

Work History

1990 – 2000 Labor Attorney representing private and public sector Employers (1990-1994) and Unions (1994-2000) in all aspects of labor relations, including, but not limited to, grievance arbitrations, disciplinary hearings, interest arbitrations, unfair practice proceedings, etc. Intern, National Labor Relations Board, Region 4 (1989 – 1990).

Education

Juris Doctor, Rutgers University 1990 BA Economics Rutgers University 1987 (summa cum laude)

Professional Affiliations