New Jersey Revised Statutes Title 11a - Civil Service

• Section 11a:1-1 - Short Title.
  This title shall be known and may be cited as the "Civil Service Act." L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:1-1, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.
• Section 11a:1-2 - Declaration Of Policy
  The Legislature finds and declares that: a. It is the public policy of this State to select and advance employees on the basis of...
• Section 11a:2-1 - Civil Service Commission Established.
  11A:2-1. There is established in, but not of, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development in the Executive Branch of State government the Civil...
• Section 11a:2-2 - Implementation.
  11A:2-2. Implementation. The Department of the Treasury and the Civil Service Commission, as appropriate, shall implement and enforce this title. Amended 2008, c.29, s.2.
• Section 11a:2-3 - Members; Term; Quorum; Vacancies; Chairperson.
  11A:2-3. Members; term; quorum; vacancies; chairperson. The Civil Service Commission shall consist of five members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent...
• Section 11a:2-4 - Removal Of A Commission Member Other Than Chairperson Of The Commission.
  11A:2-4. Removal of a commission member other than chairperson of the commission. A commission member other than the chairperson of the commission may be...
• Section 11a:2-5 - Compensation.
  11A:2-5. Compensation. A commission member, other than the chairperson of the commission, shall receive a salary as fixed by law and shall also be...
• Section 11a:2-6 - Powers And Duties.
  11A:2-6. Powers and duties. In addition to other powers and duties vested in it by this title or by any other law, the commission...
• Section 11a:2-7 - Subpenas; Oaths.
  11A:2-7. Subpenas; oaths. The commission may subpena and require the attendance of witnesses in this State and the production of evidence or documents relevant...
• Section 11a:2-11 - Powers And Duties Of The Commission.
  11A:2-11. Powers and duties of the commission. In addition to other powers and duties vested in the commission by this title or any other...
• Section 11a:2-12 - Delegation.
  11A:2-12. Delegation. The commission may delegate to an appointing authority the responsibility for classifying positions, administering examinations and other technical personnel functions according to...
• Section 11a:2-13 - Opportunity For Appointing Authority Hearing, Alternative Procedures.
  11A:2-13. Opportunity for appointing authority hearing, alternative procedures. Except as otherwise provided herein, before any disciplinary action in subsection a.(1), (2) and (3) of...
• Section 11a:2-14 - Notice To Employee Of Right To Appeal, Alternative Procedures.
  11A:2-14. Notice to employee of right to appeal, alternative procedures. Except as otherwise provided herein, within 20 days of the hearing provided in N.J.S.11A:2-13,...
• Section 11a:2-15 - Appeal Procedure.
  11A:2-15. Appeal procedure. Any appeal from adverse actions specified in N.J.S.11A:2-13 and subsection a.(4) of N.J.S.11A:2-6 shall be made in writing to the Civil...
• Section 11a:2-16 - Appeal Procedure For Suspension Or Fine Of Five Days Or Less.
  11A:2-16. Appeal procedure for suspension or fine of five days or less. If a State employee receives a suspension or fine of five days...
• Section 11a:2-17 - Use Immunity
  11A:2-17. Use immunity. A person shall not be excused from testifying or producing evidence on the ground that the testimony or the evidence might...
• Section 11a:2-18 - Representation.
  11A:2-18. Representation. An employee may be represented at any hearing before an appointing authority or the Civil Service Commission by an attorney or authorized...
• Section 11a:2-19 - Authority To Increase Or Decrease Penalty Imposed.
  11A:2-19. Authority to increase or decrease penalty imposed. The Civil Service Commission may increase or decrease the penalty imposed by the appointing authority, but...
• Section 11a:2-20 - Forms Of Disciplinary Action.
  11A:2-20. Forms of disciplinary action. The Civil Service Commission shall establish by rule the general causes which constitute grounds for disciplinary action and the...
• Section 11a:2-21 - Burden Of Proof
  11A:2-21. Burden of proof. In categories listed in subsection a.(1), (2) and (3) of N.J.S. 11A:2-6, the employer shall have the burden of proof...
• Section 11a:2-22 - Back Pay, Benefits, Seniority And Reasonable Attorney Fees.
  11A:2-22. Back pay, benefits, seniority and reasonable attorney fees. The Civil Service Commission may award back pay, benefits, seniority and reasonable attorney fees to...
• Section 11a:2-23 - Political Activity Limited
  11A:2-23. Political activity limited. A person holding a position in the career service or senior executive service shall not directly or indirectly use or...
• Section 11a:2-24 - Protection Against Reprisals.
  11A:2-24. Protection against reprisals. An appointing authority shall not take or threaten to take any action against an employee in the career, senior executive...
• Section 11a:2-28 - Law Enforcement Officers, Certain, Participation In Intergovernmental Transfer Program.
  1. a. The commission shall provide, by regulation, for intergovernmental transfers by law enforcement officers, including county sheriff and corrections officers, as part of...
• Section 11a:3-1 - Classification.
  11A:3-1. Classification. The Civil Service Commission shall assign and reassign titles among the career service, senior executive service and unclassified service. The commission shall:...
• Section 11a:3-2 - Career Service.
  11A:3-2. Career service. The career service shall have two divisions, the competitive division and the noncompetitive division. The commission shall assign and reassign such...
• Section 11a:3-2.1 - Findings, Declarations
  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. the importance of fairness and impartiality in State employment is recognized in Article VII, Section I,...
• Section 11a:3-2.2 - Certain Transfers, Appointments Prohibited
  2. No title shall be transferred from the State unclassified service or the senior executive service to the noncompetitive division of the career service...
• Section 11a:3-3 - Senior Executive Service.
  11A:3-3. Senior executive service. A senior executive service shall be established in State government and include those positions having substantial managerial, policy influencing or...
• Section 11a:3-4 - State Unclassified Service.
  11A:3-4. State unclassified service. The State unclassified service shall not be subject to the provisions of this title unless otherwise specified and shall include...
• Section 11a:3-5 - Political Subdivision Unclassified Service.
  11A:3-5. Political subdivision unclassified service. The political subdivision unclassified service shall not be subject to the provisions of this title unless otherwise specified and...
• Section 11a:3-6 - Public Hearing Required When Moving Title From Career To Unclassified Service.
  11A:3-6. Public hearing required when moving title from career to unclassified service. Whenever the Civil Service Commission considers moving a title from the career...
• Section 11a:3-7 - Employee Compensation.
  11A:3-7. a. The commission shall administer an equitable State employee compensation plan which shall include pay schedules and standards and procedures for salary adjustments...
• Section 11a:3-8 - Payroll Audits.
  11A:3-8. Payroll audits. The commission may audit State payrolls and the payrolls of political subdivisions to determine compliance with this title. The commission may...
• Section 11a:4-1 - Examinations.
  11A:4-1. Examinations. The commission shall provide for: a.The announcement and administration of examinations which shall test fairly the knowledge, skills and abilities required to...
• Section 11a:4-1.1 - Application Fee For Examinations; Additional Fees; Uses.
  1. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section concerning law enforcement officer and firefighter examinations, the commission shall establish a $25...
• Section 11a:4-1.2 - Rules, Regulations.
  2.The commission shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this...
• Section 11a:4-2 - Holding Of Examinations.
  11A:4-2. Holding of examinations. A vacancy shall be filled by a promotional examination when considered by the commission to be in the best interest...
• Section 11a:4-3 - Admission To Examinations.
  11A:4-3. Admission to examinations. If it appears that an eligible list is not likely to provide full certification for existing or anticipated vacancies from...
• Section 11a:4-4 - Eligible Lists And Certifications.
  11A:4-4. Eligible lists and certifications. The commission shall provide for: a.The establishment and cancellation of eligible lists; b.The certification of an eligible list to...
• Section 11a:4-5 - Use Of Eligible List.
  11A:4-5. Use of eligible list. Once the examination process has been initiated due to the appointment of a provisional or an appointing authority's request...
• Section 11a:4-6 - Duration Of Lists.
  11A:4-6. Duration of lists. The commission shall set the duration of an eligible list, which shall not be more than three years from the...
• Section 11a:4-7 - Exceptions To Duration Of A List
  11A:4-7. Exceptions to duration of a list. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S. 11A:4-6, a special reemployment list, a police reemployment list and a fire...
• Section 11a:4-8 - Certification And Appointment.
  11A:4-8. Certification and appointment. The commission shall certify the three eligibles who have received the highest ranking on an open competitive or promotional list...
• Section 11a:4-9 - Types Of Eligible Lists.
  11A:4-9. The commission may establish the following types of eligible lists: a.Open competitive, which shall include all qualified eligibles without regard to whether they...
• Section 11a:4-10 - Arrests And Criminal Records
  11A:4-10. Arrests and criminal records. Eligibles may be questioned as to criminal convictions and pending criminal charges. Eligibles for a law enforcement, fire fighter...
• Section 11a:4-11 - Removal On Criminal Record.
  11A:4-11. Removal on criminal record. Upon the request of an appointing authority, the commission may remove an eligible with a criminal record from a...
• Section 11a:4-12 - Priority Of Lists
  11A:4-12. Priority of lists. When more than one list exists, the priority of lists shall be as follows: a. Special reemployment when the available...
• Section 11a:4-13 - Types Of Appointment.
  11A:4-13. Types of appointment. The commission shall provide for the following types of appointment: a.Regular appointments shall be to a title in the competitive...
• Section 11a:4-14 - Promotion.
  11A:4-14. Promotion. The commission shall establish the minimum qualifications for promotion and shall provide for the granting of credit for performance and seniority where...
• Section 11a:4-15 - Working Test Period.
  11A:4-15. Working test period. The purpose of the working test period is to permit an appointing authority to determine whether an employee satisfactorily performs...
• Section 11a:4-16 - Transfer, Reassignment And Lateral Title Change.
  11A:4-16. Transfer, reassignment and lateral title change. The rules of the Civil Service Commission shall define and establish the procedures for transfer, reassignment and...
• Section 11a:5-1 - Definitions.
  11A:5-1. As used in this chapter: a."Disabled veteran" means any veteran who is eligible to be compensated for a service-connected disability from war service...
• Section 11a:5-1.1 - Veteran Status Determined For Civil Service Preference.
  3.The Adjutant General of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall be responsible for determining whether any person seeking to be considered a...
• Section 11a:5-2 - Spouse Of Disabled Veteran Or Deceased Veteran
  11A:5-2. Spouse of disabled veteran or deceased veteran. The spouse of any disabled veteran is eligible to receive disabled veterans' preference under this chapter,...
• Section 11a:5-3 - Parent And Spouse Of Veteran Who Has Died In Service
  11A:5-3. Parent and spouse of veteran who has died in service. A parent and spouse of any veteran who died while in service and...
• Section 11a:5-4 - Disabled Veterans' Preference
  11A:5-4. Disabled veterans' preference. The names of disabled veterans who receive passing scores on open competitive examinations shall be placed at the top of...
• Section 11a:5-5 - Veterans' Preference
  11A:5-5. Veterans' preference. The names of veterans who receive passing scores on open competitive examinations shall be placed on the employment list in order...
• Section 11a:5-6 - Appointment Of Veterans
  11A:5-6. Appointment of veterans. Whenever a disabled veteran or veteran shall be certified to an appointing authority from an open competitive employment list under...
• Section 11a:5-6.1 - Addition Of Names Of Certain Veterans To Certain Civil Service Eligibility Lists.
  1. a. Any member of the New Jersey National Guard or of the Reserve Component of the United States Armed Forces placed on an...
• Section 11a:5-7 - Inapplication Of Statutes To Promotions
  11A:5-7. Inapplication of statutes to promotions. Nothing contained in N.J.S. 11A:5-4 through 11A:5-6 shall apply to promotions, but whenever a veteran ranks highest on...
• Section 11a:5-8 - Preference In Appointment In Noncompetitive Division.
  11A:5-8. Preference in appointment in noncompetitive division. From among those eligible for appointment in the noncompetitive division, preference shall be given to a qualified...
• Section 11a:5-9 - Preference To Veterans In Layoffs
  11A:5-9. Preference to veterans in layoffs. When a layoff occurs, preference shall be given first to a disabled veteran and then to a veteran;...
• Section 11a:5-10 - Hearing On Dismissal Of Veteran.
  11A:5-10. Hearing on dismissal of veteran. Before any department head shall dismiss any veteran, as provided in N.J.S.11A:5-9, such department head shall show cause...
• Section 11a:5-11 - Veterans Not To Be Discriminated Against Because Of Physical Defects.
  11A:5-11. Veterans not to be discriminated against because of physical defects. Veterans suffering from any physical defect caused by wounds or injuries received in...
• Section 11a:5-12 - Employment Or Promotion Of Persons Awarded Medal Of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross Or Navy Cross.
  11A:5-12. Employment or promotion of persons awarded Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross or Navy Cross. Any individual who has served...
• Section 11a:5-13 - World War Soldiers In Employment Of A County, Municipality Or School District; Promotion.
  11A:5-13. World War soldiers in employment of a county, municipality or school district; promotion. A soldier who served in the Army of the United...
• Section 11a:5-14 - Veteran Police Officer Or Fire Fighter In City Of First Class; Examination And Promotion
  11A:5-14. Veteran police officer or fire fighter in city of first class; examination and promotion. A member of the police or fire department in...
• Section 11a:5-15 - Enforcement.
  11A:5-15. Enforcement. The Civil Service Commission may promulgate rules for the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter. Nothing herein contained shall be construed...
• Section 11a:6-1 - Leaves.
  11A:6-1. Leaves. The Civil Service Commission shall designate the types of leaves and adopt rules for State employees in the career and senior executive...
• Section 11a:6-1.1 - Establishment Of Voluntary Furlough Program.
  1.The commission shall establish a voluntary furlough program for State employees under which days of leave without pay, singly or consecutively, may be taken....
• Section 11a:6-2 - Is Vacation Leave; Full-time State Employees.
  11A:6-2. Vacation leave; full-time State employees. Vacation leave for full-time State employees in the career and senior executive service shall be at least: a.Up...
• Section 11a:6-3 - Vacation Leave; Full-time Political Subdivision Employees.
  11A:6-3. Vacation leave; full-time political subdivision employees. Vacation leave for full-time political subdivision employees shall be at least: a.Up to one year of service,...
• Section 11a:6-4 - Death Of Employee Having Vacation Credit
  11A:6-4. Death of employee having vacation credit. The estate of a deceased employee covered by this title who had accumulated annual vacation leave shall...
• Section 11a:6-5 - Sick Leave
  11A:6-5. Sick leave. Full-time State and political subdivision employees shall receive a sick leave credit of no less than one working day for each...
• Section 11a:6-6 - State Administrative Leave.
  11A:6-6. State administrative leave. Administrative leave for personal reasons including religious observances for full-time State employees or those employees of Rutgers, The State University,...
• Section 11a:6-7 - Leaves For Part-time Employees
  11A:6-7. Leaves for part-time employees. Part-time employees shall receive proportionate vacation, sick and administrative leave. L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:6-7, eff. Sept. 25,
• Section 11a:6-8 - Sick Leave Injury In State Service.
  11A:6-8. Sick leave injury in State service. a. Leaves of absence for career, senior executive and unclassified employees in State service due to injury...
• Section 11a:6-9 - Leaves Of Absence For Police Officers And Fire Fighters
  11A:6-9. Leaves of absence for police officers and fire fighters. Leaves of absence for police officer and fire fighter titles shall be governed by...
• Section 11a:6-10 - Leaves Of Absence For Convention Attendance.
  11A:6-10. A leave of absence with pay shall be given to employees who are duly authorized representatives of an employee organization defined as a...
• Section 11a:6-11 - Leave For Athletic Competition
  11A:6-11. Leave for athletic competition. Any State employee in the career, senior executive or unclassified service who qualifies as a member of the United...
• Section 11a:6-11.1 - Certain State Employees Permitted Leave Of Absence To Participate In Certain Disaster Relief Services.
  1.Upon the request of the American Red Cross for the service of a State employee who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the...
• Section 11a:6-12 - Leaves Of Absence For Elected And Appointed Union Officials.
  11A:6-12. Leaves of absence for elected and appointed union officials. An appointing authority may grant an unpaid leave of absence to any employee elected...
• Section 11a:6-13 - Appointment By Governor; Leave Of Absence Without Pay
  11A:6-13. Appointment by governor; leave of absence without pay. Any employee in the career or senior executive service who is appointed to any position...
• Section 11a:6-14 - Elective Office; Leave Of Absence Without Pay; Appointments To Position; Reemployment List
  11A:6-14. Elective office; leave of absence without pay; appointments to position; reemployment list. Any person holding a position in the career service of any...
• Section 11a:6-15 - Eligibility For Promotions During Leave Of Absence
  11A:6-15. Eligibility for promotions during leave of absence. A leave of absence shall not disqualify an applicant for a promotional examination. L. 1986, c....
• Section 11a:6-16 - Supplemental Compensation Upon Retirement In State Employment
  11A:6-16. Supplemental compensation upon retirement in State employment. State employees in the career service, and those in the senior executive and unclassified services who...
• Section 11a:6-17 - Supplemental Compensation; Employees Of Rutgers, The State University, New Jersey Institute Of Technology, And Rowan University.
  11A:6-17. Supplemental compensation; employees of Rutgers, The State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Rowan University. The supplemental compensation provided under this chapter...
• Section 11a:6-18 - Supplemental Compensation; Deferred Retirement
  11A:6-18. Supplemental compensation; deferred retirement. A State employee who elects deferred retirement shall not be eligible for the supplemental compensation provided under this chapter....
• Section 11a:6-19 - Supplemental Compensation; Computation; Limitation
  11A:6-19. Supplemental compensation; computation; limitation. Supplemental compensation shall be computed at the rate of one-half of the eligible employee's daily rate of pay for...
• Section 11a:6-19.1 - Payment Of Accumulated Sick Leave By Political Subdivision Under Civil Service.
  42.Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a political subdivision of the State, or an agency, authority or instrumentality thereof, that has...
• Section 11a:6-19.2 - Cap On Compensation For Unused Sick Leave Under Title 11a.
  1.Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a political subdivision of the State, or an agency, authority or instrumentality thereof, that has...
• Section 11a:6-20 - Supplemental Compensation; Certification Of Accumulated Sick Leave
  11A:6-20. Supplemental compensation; certification of accumulated sick leave. Upon application for supplemental compensation made by an employee, the appointing authority shall, within 45 days,...
• Section 11a:6-21 - Supplemental Compensation; Break In Service
  11A:6-21. Supplemental compensation; break in service. An employee who has incurred or shall incur a break in service as a result of separation due...
• Section 11a:6-22 - Supplemental Compensation; Inapplicability To Other Pension Retirement Benefits
  11A:6-22. Supplemental compensation; inapplicability to other pension retirement benefits. The supplemental compensation provided for accumulated sick leave shall in no way affect, increase or...
• Section 11a:6-23 - Supplemental Compensation; Rules.
  11A:6-23. Supplemental compensation; rules. The Civil Service Commission shall adopt rules for the implementation of supplemental compensation, which shall include but need not be...
• Section 11a:6-24 - Hours Of Work, Overtime And Holiday Pay.
  11A:6-24. State employees in the career, senior executive and unclassified services in titles or circumstances designated by the Civil Service Commission shall be eligible...
• Section 11a:6-24.1 - Paid Holidays Granted To State Government Employees.
  25. a. Paid holidays granted to all State government employees each calendar year shall be limited to the following: (1)January 1, known as New...
• Section 11a:6-25 - State Training Programs.
  11A:6-25. State training programs. The State Treasurer may establish and shall review and approve training and education programs for State employees in the career,...
• Section 11a:6-25.1 - Programs To Improve Efficiency, Effectiveness Of Public Service.
  117. The State Treasurer shall develop programs to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the public service, including, but not limited to, employee training, development,...
• Section 11a:6-26 - Employee Career Development.
  11A:6-26. Employee career development. The State Treasurer shall develop and stimulate employee career development and improve management and efficiency in State government through programs,...
• Section 11a:6-27 - Political Subdivisions.
  11A:6-27. Political subdivisions. The commission may, at the request of any political subdivision, initiate programs similar to those authorized in this chapter and provide...
• Section 11a:6-28 - Employee Performance Evaluations.
  11A:6-28. Employee performance evaluations. The commission shall establish an employee performance evaluation system for State employees in the career and senior executive services. The...
• Section 11a:6-29 - Awards Committee.
  11A:6-29. Awards committee. The New Jersey Employee Awards Committee shall be established within the Civil Service Commission. The committee shall be composed of seven...
• Section 11a:6-30 - Awards
  11A:6-30. Awards. The committee, subject to appropriations made for that purpose, may provide awards to State employees for, but not limited to: a. Meritorious...
• Section 11a:6-31 - Powers And Duties Of The Committee.
  11A:6-31. Powers and duties of the committee. The committee shall: a.Adopt rules for the implementation of the awards programs, subject to the approval of...
• Section 11a:6-32 - Payment Of Awards
  11A:6-32. Payment of awards. Suggestion awards shall be paid from State funds appropriated for that purpose. L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:6-32, eff. Sept....
• Section 11a:7-1 - Equal Employment Opportunity
  11A:7-1. Equal employment opportunity. The head of each State agency shall ensure equality of opportunity for all of its employees and applicants seeking employment....
• Section 11a:7-2 - Division Of Equal Employment Opportunity And Affirmative Action.
  11A:7-2. Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. A Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action is established in the Department of...
• Section 11a:7-3 - Equal Employment Opportunity And Affirmative Action Program.
  11A:7-3. Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action program. The division shall develop, implement and administer an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action program for...
• Section 11a:7-4 - Agency Goals
  11A:7-4. Agency goals. The department shall establish reasonable equal employment and affirmative action goals for State agencies in the form of regulations. L. 1986,...
• Section 11a:7-5 - Department Responsibilities
  11A:7-5. Department responsibilities. The department, through the Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action, shall: a. Ensure that the pool of applicants for...
• Section 11a:7-6 - Agency Affirmative Action Officer.
  11A:7-6. Agency affirmative action officer. The head of each State agency shall appoint at least one person with the responsibility for equal employment opportunity...
• Section 11a:7-7 - Agency Accountability For Affirmative Action Plan
  11A:7-7. Agency accountability for affirmative action plan. The head of each State agency shall be accountable to the Governor for achieving and maintaining agency...
• Section 11a:7-8 - Agency Affirmative Action Plan
  11A:7-8. Agency affirmative action plan. Each State agency shall submit an affirmative action plan with goals and timetables plus quarterly and annual affirmative action...
• Section 11a:7-9 - Agency Failure To Achieve Affirmative Action Goals; Penalties.
  11A:7-9. Agency failure to achieve affirmative action goals; penalties. If there is a failure by a State agency to achieve its affirmative action goals...
• Section 11a:7-10 - Citation By Governor For Attaining Affirmative Action Results
  11A:7-10. Citation by Governor for attaining affirmative action results. State agencies which achieve outstanding affirmative action results shall be cited by the Governor for...
• Section 11a:7-11 - Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Commission; Creation.
  11A:7-11. Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Commission; creation. There is established in the Department of the Treasury an Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Commission, which shall...
• Section 11a:7-12 - Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Commission; Membership; Term; Vacancy; Meetings; Executive Secretary
  11A:7-12. Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Commission; membership; term; vacancy; meetings; executive secretary. The Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Commission shall consist of 11 members appointed...
• Section 11a:7-13 - Accommodation For The Handicapped And Examination Waiver.
  11A:7-13. Accommodation for the handicapped and examination waiver. The commission may establish procedures for the reasonable accommodation of handicapped persons in the employee selection...
• Section 11a:8-1 - Layoff; Inapplicable To Those On Certain Military Leave.
  11A:8-1. a. A permanent employee may be laid off for economy, efficiency or other related reason. A permanent employee shall receive 45 days' written...
• Section 11a:8-2 - Pre-layoff Actions.
  11A:8-2. a. An appointing authority shall lessen the possibility, extent or impact of layoffs by implementing pre-layoff actions, which may include but need not...
• Section 11a:8-3 - Alternatives To Layoff.
  11A:8-3. Alternatives to layoff. The commission, in consultation with the advisory committee established pursuant to subsection m. of N.J.S.11A:2-11, may adopt rules on voluntary...
• Section 11a:8-4 - Appeals.
  11A:8-4. Appeals. A permanent employee who is laid off or demoted in lieu of layoff shall have a right to appeal the good faith...
• Section 11a:9-1 - Application
  11A:9-1. Application. This title shall apply to any political subdivision to which the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes and the supplements...
• Section 11a:9-2 - Adoption Of Title; Petition
  11A:9-2. Adoption of title; petition. The clerk of any county or municipality not operating under the provisions of this title shall submit the question...
• Section 11a:9-3 - Adoption Of Title; Question Placed On Ballot; Public Notice
  11A:9-3. Adoption of title; question placed on ballot; public notice. If the petition is sufficient, the clerk shall, 15 days thereafter, give public notice...
• Section 11a:9-4 - Refusal To Comply
  11A:9-4. Refusal to comply. If the clerk refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of N.J.S. 11A:9-2 and N.J.S. 11A:9-3, a registered voter...
• Section 11a:9-5 - School Districts
  11A:9-5. School districts. All the provisions of this chapter shall apply to school districts in which the board of education is elected by the...
• Section 11a:9-6 - Adoption Of Title; Elections
  11A:9-6. Adoption of title; elections. The method of submitting the question of the adoption of this title to the voters of a county or...
• Section 11a:9-7 - Results Certified.
  11A:9-7. Results certified. The result of the election shall be certified by the clerk of the political subdivision to the commission. Amended 2008, c.29,
• Section 11a:9-9 - Status Of Employees
  11A:9-9. Status of employees. Any employee of a political subdivision who, at the time of adoption of this title, was actively employed by the...
• Section 11a:9-9.1 - Examination Requirement Waived For Certain Local Firefighters
  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.11A:9-9 or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any person who was actively employed by a...
• Section 11a:9-10 - Seniority Rights
  11A:9-10. Seniority rights. At the time of adoption of this title, the seniority rights of employees shall be based upon the length of their...
• Section 11a:10-1 - Disapproval Of Salary.
  11A:10-1. Disapproval of salary. The Civil Service Commission may disapprove and order the payment stopped of the salary of any person employed in violation...
• Section 11a:10-2 - Criminal Violation Of Title Or Order.
  11A:10-2. Criminal violation of title or order. Any person who purposely or knowingly violates or conspires to violate any provision of this title or...
• Section 11a:10-3 - Noncompliance.
  11A:10-3. Noncompliance. The Civil Service Commission may assess all administrative costs incurred under N.J.S.11A:4-5. Other costs, charges and fines of not more than $10,000.00...
• Section 11a:10-4 - Action For Enforcement.
  11A:10-4. Action for enforcement. The Civil Service Commission or other party in interest may bring an action in the Superior Court for the enforcement...
• Section 11a:10-5 - Resident Actions
  11A:10-5. Resident actions. Any resident shall have standing to enjoin payments in the Superior Court and require recovery of remuneration paid in violation of...
• Section 11a:11-1 - Merit System Board.
  11A:11-1. Merit System Board. The functions, powers, and duties of the Merit System Board as constituted in the Department of Personnel are continued and...
• Section 11a:11-2 - Department Of Personnel Abolished.
  11A:11-2. a. The Department of Personnel is abolished as a principal department in the Executive Branch of State government. The offices and terms of...
• Section 11a:11-3 - Names.
  11A:11-3. Any law, rule, regulation, order, reorganization plan, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding, appropriation, or otherwise which refers to the Department of Personnel,...
• Section 11a:11-4 - Rules.
  11A:11-4. All rules of the Merit System Board or the Department of Personnel in effect on the effective date of P.L.2008, c.29 shall remain...
• Section 11a:11-5 - Pending Actions.
  11A:11-5. Pending actions. Any action pending on the effective date of P.L.2008, c.29 shall continue under the prior law and rule. Amended 2008, c.29,
• Section 11a:11-6 - Transfer.
  11A:11-6. Transfer. The transfers directed by P.L.2008, c.29, except as otherwise provided, shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971,...
• Section 11a:12-1 - Inconsistent Laws.
  11A:12-1. Inconsistent laws. Any law or statute which is inconsistent with any of the provisions of this title, as amended by P.L.2008, c.29, are...
• Section 11a:12-2 - Rights Of Current Employees
  11A:12-2. Rights of current employees. Those employees with permanent classified status shall obtain permanent status in career service without loss of seniority or pension...
• Section 11a:12-3 - Statutes Repealed
  11A:12-3. Statutes repealed. The following statutes are repealed: Title 11 of the Revised Statutes P.L. 1938, c. 76 (C. 11:2A-1) P.L. 1938, c. 381,...
• Section 11a:12-6 - Effective Date
  11A:12-6. Effective date. This act shall take effect immediately and any actions necessary to implement this act may be taken any time thereafter. General...

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