Alicia Reed, CSC Docket No. 2023-601

Appellant's argumentAlicia Reed requests permission to submit a late application for the promotional examination for Family Service Supervisor (PC4847C), Essex County.

BackgroundThe announcement for the subject examination issued on November 1, 2021 with a closing date of November 21, 2021. The resulting eligible list of 123 names promulgated on October 27, 2022 and expires on October 26, 2025. The list has yet to be certified. The appellant did not submit an application.

Appellant's argumentOn appeal to the Civil Service Commission (Commission), the appellant stated that during November 2021, she was caring for her mother and was not in a state of mind to apply. However, once she was provisionally promoted to the subject title on March 28, 2022, she reached out to her union president, on April 8, 2022, for assistance with requesting an opportunity to file a late application with this agency. However, her union president never passed on her request to this agency.

CONCLUSION

RuleN.J.A.C. 4A:4-2.1(e) provides, in pertinent part, that applications for promotional examinations shall be submitted no later than 4:00 P.M. on the announced application filing date.

AnalysisUpon review, the Commission declines to permit the appellant to file a late application. The record in this matter reflects that she did not reach out to her union president until April 8, 2022, more than four months after the closing date and only after she had been made provisional in the subject title. Thus, this appeal was not timely filed. See N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.1(b). Accordingly, the Commission can find no basis in this case to allow the appellant to file a late application.

ORDER

Therefore, it is ordered that this request be denied.

ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.