Title 11A, Title 11A: CIVIL SERVICE

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 persons, each of whom shall be employed in a different department within the Executiv…

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, one working day for each month of s…

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 suggestions and accomplishments which promote efficiency, productivity or economy; b. Heroism or except…

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 the commission; b. Request and receive assistance from any department in State …

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. 25, 1986.

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 be paid a sum equal to the compensation for that vacation leave. L. 1986, c…

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 completed month of service during the remainder of the first calendar year of service and 15 working days in eve…

11A:6-5.1 Donated leave for State employees. 1. a. A State employee shall be eligible to receive donated sick or vacation leave. The Civil Service Commission may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations as …

11A:6-5.2 Leave of absence for State employee for purpose of donating organ, bone marrow. 1. A State employee, employee of a political subdivision of the State, or employee of an agency, authority, or instrumentality thereof, in the career, unclassified, or senior executive servi…

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, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rowan Universi…

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, 1986.

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 or illness directly caused by and arising from State employment shall be governed b…

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 the applicable provisions of Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes a…

11A:7-1 Equal employment opportunity. 11A:7-1. The head of each State agency shall ensure equality of opportunity for all of its employees and applicants seeking employment. Equal employment opportunity includes, but is not limited to, the following areas: recruitment, selection,…

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 their efforts. L. 1986, c. 112, …

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 advise the Division o…

11A:7-12 Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Commission. 11A:7-12. The Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Commission shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor, at least six of whom shall be minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. Consideration shall be …

11A:7-13 Accommodation for persons with disabilities; waiver of examination. 11A:7-13. The commission may establish procedures for the reasonable accommodation of persons with disabilities in the employee selection process for the State and the political subdivisions covered by t…

11A:7-13.1 Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that persons with significant disabilities are an underrepresented and overlooked segment of the labor pool for consideration in public employment. The State should establish a fast track hiring and advancem…

11A:7-13.2 Fast track hiring, advancement process developed, qualified persons with significant disabilities. 2. The Civil Service Commission's Division of Equal Employment and Opportunity and Affirmative Action shall develop a fast track hiring and advancement process for qualif…

11A:7-13.3 Guidelines, criteria. 3. The Civil Service Commission's Division of Equal Employment and Opportunity and Affirmative Action shall provide guidelines for the determination of qualification as a qualified person with significant disabilities. The guidelines may include a…

11A:7-13.4 Appointing to an unclassified service position, noncompetitive temporary, permanent position in civil service. 4. a. The appointing authority of a State agency may appoint a qualified person with significant disabilities to an unclassified service position, or a noncom…

11A:7-13.5 Request for an interview; eligibility, qualifications. 5. A person with significant disabilities applying for appointment in the State workforce under this act, P.L.2021, c.465 (C.11A:7-13.1 et seq.), who is denied an interview for appointment in the unclassified servi…

11A:7-13.6 Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that persons with disabilities are an underrepresented and untapped segment of the labor pool for consideration in public employment. As New Jersey's largest employer, the State should promote the awareness …

11A:7-13.7 State as a Model Employer of People with Disabilities program developed; purpose, responsibilities. 2. a The Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action shall, in consultation with the Civil Service Commission, develop a State as a Model Employer of…

11A:7-13.8 Report to Governor, Legislature. 3. A biannual report shall be prepared and distributed to the Governor and the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), by the Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. The report shal…

11A:7-14 Additional training for public employees responsible for managing and investigating complaints of harassment or discrimination. 1. a. The Civil Service Commission, in consultation with the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall take such actions as are necessary to e…

11A:7-15 Toll-free telephone hotline for State employees to report incidents of discrimination, harassment in the workplace. 1. Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.2019, c.508, the Civil Service Commission shall establish and maintain a toll-free telephone hotline availab…

11A:7-16 Civil service law enforcement mentoring program; establishment, maintenance. 1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Civil Service Commission shall establish and maintain a mentoring program for civil service law enforcement applicants who…

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 the Treasury. The division shal…

11A:7-3 Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action program. 11A:7-3. The division shall develop, implement and administer an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action program for all State agencies. The program shall consider the particular personnel requiremen…

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, c. 112, s. 11A:7-4, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.

11A:7-5 Department responsibilities. 11A:7-5. The department, through the Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action, shall: a. Ensure that the pool of applicants for all vacant positions in State agencies includes minorities, women, and persons with disabili…

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 as the affirmative action officer. Unless otherwise permitted by the dir…

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 compliance with the affirmative action program. L. 1986, …

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 reports to the director. Each affirmative action plan shall identify e…

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 or to demonstrate good faith efforts, appropriate sanctio…

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 notice, unless in State government a greater time period is order…

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 be limited to: (1) initiating a temporary hiring or promotion freeze; (2) separating non-pe…

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 reduced work time or other alternatives to layoffs. Employee particip…

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 of such layoff or demotion to the Civil Service Commission. Appeals must be filed within 20 days of final notice of such layoff or demo…

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 thereto applied immediately prior to their repeal and to any political subdivision which hereafter adopts…

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 continuous service with that political subdivision. L. 1986, c. 112, s. 11A:9-10, eff. Sept. 25, 1986.

11A:9-11 Animal Health Technician, credit hours, required. 1. a. The required number of specific credit hours in veterinary science/technology, animal science technology, zoology, biology, animal husbandry, or related fields at an accredited college or university shall be no grea…

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 of adopting the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to the voters of the co…

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 that the question will be submitted to the voters at t…