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N.J.A.C. 4A:10-3.2 Penalties and remedies

N.J.A.C. 4A:10-3.2, Penalties and remedies. In salary disapproval matters, the Commission may: 1. Disapprove the payment of salary to an employee hired in violation of Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes, Full text with 1 recorded amendment, 13 citing decisions, cited by 1 other rule.

Violations and Penalties · Salary Disapproval

Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.

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In plain language

Where 4A:10-3.1 sets the procedure, this section lists what the Commission can do at the end of it. Two of the seven powers are about money already flowing: disapproving salary to an employee hired in violation of Title 11A or these rules, and disapproving salary to the people who approved or continued a disapproved payment or who hold employment authority over that employee. Two are about repairing the appointment: ordering the appointment of an eligible from an outstanding certification, and reviving an employment list. The remaining three are assessing costs, charges or fines under statute, bringing a civil action in the Superior Court, and taking other action allowed by law or rule.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:10-3.2. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) In salary disapproval matters, the Commission may: #

1. Disapprove the payment of salary to an employee hired in violation of Title 11A, New Jersey Statutes, and Title 4A, N.J.A.C.; #

2. Disapprove the payment of salary to persons who have approved or continued the payment of a disapproved salary or persons who have employment authority over an employee whose salary has been disapproved; #

3. Order the appointment of an eligible from an outstanding certification; #

4. Revive an employment list; #

5. Assess costs, charges, or fines pursuant to N.J.S.A. 11A:10-3; #

6. Initiate a civil action in the Superior Court; and #

7. Take other appropriate actions pursuant to law or rule. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.

  1. AmendedR.2015 d.190
    47 N.J.R. 1377(a); 47 N.J.R. 2977(a)

How this rule has been applied

13 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:10-3.2. The list below is citations to those decisions, not the decisions. We have not written summaries for this section. A citation with no summary is deliberate: we do not paraphrase a decision we have not read. Nothing here is legal advice.

Civil Service Commission final determinations (13)
  • In re Purchasing Assistant (C0732U), Essex Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2019-727Docket 2019-727
  • In re Senior Food Service Handler (Special), Montclair State Univ., CSC Docket No. 2019-3203Docket 2019-3203
  • In re Police Aide (M0554T), Irvington Twp., CSC Docket No. 2018-1059Docket 2018-1059
  • In re Code Enforcement Officer (M0926R), Lakewood, CSC Dkt. No. 2016-2206
  • In re Chief Chemist Water Analysis (Special), City of Trenton, CSC Dkt. No. 2016-3867
  • In re Communications Officer (C0466P), Essex Cnty. Sheriff's Office, CSC Dkt. No. 2014-3090
  • In re Program Nutritionist (M0219M), Jersey City, CSC Docket No. 2014-1393Docket 2014-1393
  • In re Communications Officer (C0466P), Essex Cnty. Sheriff's Office, CSC Docket No. 2014-2070Docket 2014-2070
  • In re Maintenance Supervisor, Grounds (PM0999P), Berkeley Twp., CSC Docket No. 2014-2071Docket 2014-2071
  • In re Pub. Works Repairer (PM0185M), Point Pleasant Borough, CSC Docket No. 2013-3449Docket 2013-3449cites (a)5
  • In re Police Aide (M1372L), Irvington Twp., CSC Dkt. No. 2013-2899cites (a)5
  • Certification Manager. In re Senior Comty. Relations Aide (M2417N), Atlantic City, CSC Dkt. No. 2013-2398cites (a)5
  • In the Matter of Security Guard (C1207N), Essex County Sheriff's Office, CSC Docket No. 2013-199Docket 2013-199cites (a)5

Commission decisions citing 4A:10-3.2

30 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 cite this section (ordered 27, denied 2, granted 1, as the minutes record the outcome). The newest:

All 30 decisions

Rules that point here

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