Case Alert – Supreme Court Endorses Flexible Standard for Part Time Public School Teachers Urged by M&W’s Brent Pohlman
In Beryl Zimmerman v. Sussex County Educational Services Commission, a case successfully handled by Brent Pohlman, the New Jersey Supreme Court granted certification to determine whether the reduction of a part-time teacher’s hours is permissible under the Tenure Act if the applicable collective negotiation agreement does not provide for a minimum number of weekly hours.