N.J.A.C. 4A:1-1.3 Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in any Commission rule, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Appointing authority "Appointing authority" means a person or group of persons having power of appointment or removal. #

Appointment "Appointment" means the offer, acceptance and commencement of employment. #

Base salary "Base salary" means an employee's rate of pay exclusive of any additional payments or allowances. #

Career Service "Career Service" means those positions and job titles subject to the tenure provisions of Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes. #

Certification "Certification" means a list of names presented to an appointing authority for regular appointment. #

Chairperson "Chairperson" means the chief executive officer and administrator of the Civil Service Commission. #

Class code "Class code" means a designation assigned to job titles in State and local service with ranking based upon an evaluation of job content. #

Closing date for examination "Closing date for examination" means the date by which an applicant for an examination must meet all of the requirements contained in the examination announcement. #

Commission "Commission" means the Civil Service Commission. #

Days "Days" means calendar days unless otherwise specified. #

Demotion "Demotion" means, in local service, a reduction in title or scale of compensation, and in State service, a reduction in class code. #

Department "Department" in local service, where not otherwise defined by statute, means the largest type of organizational unit established by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, that is not a sub-unit of any other organizational unit for the purpose of administering the political subdivision. In State service, "department" means a principal executive department of State government. #

Disposition "Disposition" means the written report of actions taken by an appointing authority regarding a certification. #

Eligible list "Eligible list" means a roster compiled or approved by the Civil Service Commission of persons who are qualified for employment or reemployment. #

Filing date for examination "Filing date for examination" means the date by which an application for an examination must be submitted as designated in the announcement. When mailed, the filing date is the date by which a properly addressed application must be postmarked. #

Fine "Fine" means a disciplinary penalty which requires the payment of money or the performance of service without pay or at reduced pay. #

Immediate family "Immediate family" means an employee's spouse, domestic partner (see section 4 of P.L. 2003, c. 246), civil union partner, child, legal ward, grandchild, foster child, father, mother, legal guardian, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and other relatives residing in the employee's household or any other individual whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, such as a step-relative. #

Lateral movement "Lateral movement" means an employee movement from one position to another with a similar salary and level of duties, responsibilities, and qualifications and, where applicable, the same class code. #

Layoff "Layoff" means the separation of a permanent employee from employment for reasons of economy or efficiency or other related reasons and not for disciplinary reasons. #

Local service "Local service" means employment in any political subdivision operating under Title 11A, New Jersey statutes. #

Open competitive examination "Open competitive examination" means a test open to members of the public who meet the prescribed requirements for admission. #

Part time employee "Part time employee" means an employee whose regular hours of duty are less than the regular and normal workweek for that job title or agency. #

Permanent employee "Permanent employee" means an employee in the career service who has acquired the tenure and rights resulting from regular appointment and successful completion of the working test period. #

Position "Position" means the assignment of specific duties and responsibilities requiring the employment of one person. #

Promotion "Promotion" means, in local service, an advancement in title, and in State service, an advancement to a title having a higher class code than the former permanent title. #

Promotional examination "Promotional examination" means a test open to permanent employees who meet the prescribed requirements for admission. #

Provisional appointment "Provisional appointment" (PA) means employment in the competitive division of the career service pending the appointment of a person from an eligible list. #

Regular appointment "Regular appointment" (RA) means the employment of a person to fill a position in the competitive division of the career service upon examination and certification, or the employment of a person to a position in the noncompetitive division of the career service. #

Removal "Removal" means termination of a permanent employee from employment for disciplinary reasons. #

Senior executive service "Senior executive service" means positions in State service designated by the Commission as having substantial managerial, policy influencing, or policy executing responsibilities not included in the career or unclassified services. #

Spouse "Spouse" means a husband, a wife, or a party to a civil union, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 37:1-1 and P.L. 2006, c. 103. #

State service "State service" means employment for the State of New Jersey. #

Suspension "Suspension" means temporary separation from employment for disciplinary reasons. #

Suspension on the record "Suspension on the record" means a suspension for disciplinary reasons imposed for record purposes only, without loss of pay, benefits or seniority. #

Title "Title" means a descriptive name that identifies a position or group of positions with similar duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. #

Title scope "Title scope" means a defined group of job titles used as a factor in determining eligibility for promotional examinations. Title scope may also include educational, experience and other specific requirements. #

Title series "Title series" means titles involving the same kind of work and ranked according to level of difficulty and responsibility. #

Unclassified service "Unclassified service" means those positions and job titles outside of the senior executive service, not subject to the tenure provisions of Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes or these rules unless otherwise specified. #

Unit scope "Unit scope" means a defined part of a governmental agency used as a factor in determining eligibility for promotional examinations. #

Working test period "Working test period" means a part of the examination process after regular appointment, during which time the work performance and conduct of the employee is evaluated to determine if permanent status is merited. #