N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.5 Remedies
N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.5, Remedies. Seniority credit may be awarded in any successful appeal. (b) Back pay, benefits and counsel fees may be awarded in disciplinary appeals and where a layoff Full text with 1 recorded amendment, 30 citing decisions, cited by 1 other rule.
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
Winning an appeal and being made whole are two separate questions. Seniority credit may be awarded in any successful appeal. Money is much narrower. Back pay, benefits and counsel fees may be awarded in disciplinary appeals, and where a layoff action has been in bad faith. In every other kind of appeal they are available in only two situations: where the appointing authority has unreasonably failed or delayed to carry out an order of the Commission, or where the Commission finds sufficient cause on the particular facts. The rule offers one route to sufficient cause and it sets a high bar, the employee demonstrating that the appointing authority took adverse action against them in bad faith or with invidious motivation. Note the verb running through the whole section. May, not shall. What is granted on a reversed disciplinary penalty is a different question, answered at 4A:2-2.10.
Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.5. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.
(a) Seniority credit may be awarded in any successful appeal. #
(b) Back pay, benefits and counsel fees may be awarded in disciplinary appeals and where a layoff action has been in bad faith. See N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.10. In all other appeals, such relief may be granted where the appointing authority has unreasonably failed or delayed to carry out an order of the Civil Service Commission or where the Commission finds sufficient cause based on the particular case. A finding of sufficient cause may be made where the employee demonstrates that the appointing authority took adverse action against the employee in bad faith or with invidious motivation. #
Amendment history
Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.
- AmendedR.2012 d.00743 N.J.R. 2395(a); 44 N.J.R. 65(a)
How this rule has been applied
30 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.5. 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.
New Jersey Supreme Court (1)
- 105 N.J. 569; 523 A.2d 200
Superior Court (1)
- In re Hearn417 N.J. Super. 289; 9 A.3d 1032; 2010 N.J. Super. LEXIS 2082010
Civil Service Commission final determinations (19)
- In re Brittingham, Mercer Cnty. Corr. Ctr., CSC Docket No. 2023-9772024 N.J. CSC LEXIS 439Docket 2023-977
- In re James, Essex Cnty., Dep't of Corr., CSC Docket No. 2024-4152024 N.J. CSC LEXIS 111Docket 2024-415
- In re O.C., Police Officer (S9999U), City of Elizabeth, CSC Docket No. 2021-3322021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 41Docket 2021-332
- In re Collins, Newark Pub. Sch. Dist., CSC Docket No. 2018-3482018 N.J. CSC LEXIS 429Docket 2018-348
- In re Austerlitz, Bd. of Pub. Utils., CSC Docket No. 2017-37812018 N.J. CSC LEXIS 107Docket 2017-3781
- In re Hanns, Jr., City of Linden, Police Dep't., CSC DKT. NO. 2017-20282017 N.J. CSC LEXIS 627
- In re Pierce, City of Hackensack, Police Dep't., CSC DKT. NO. 2015-18912017 N.J. CSC LEXIS 629
- In re Jeanpierre, Dep't of Human Servs., CSC Dkt. No. 2016-32172017 N.J. CSC LEXIS 25
- In re Wimbush, Dep't of Human Servs., CSC Dkt. No. 2014-9232015 N.J. CSC LEXIS 268
- In re J.L., Sheriff's Officer (S9999M), Essex Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2014-29982015 N.J. CSC LEXIS 95Docket 2014-2998
- In re Gourdine, Jersey City, CSC Dkt. No. 2011-50222015 N.J. CSC LEXIS 393
- In re Nunez, Police Officer (S9999M), City of Passaic, CSC Docket No. 2014-13222014 N.J. CSC LEXIS 499Docket 2014-1322
- In re Hopkins, Mercer Cnty.2014 N.J. CSC LEXIS 378
- In re Benita Cisrow, Dep't. of Corr., CSC DKT. No. 2013-23472013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 999
- In re Joseph Piserchio, Fire Fighter (M2377H), Newark, CSC Dkt. No. 2013-5732013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 311
- In re Michael Morris, City of Trenton, CSC Dkt. No. 2012-17332013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 276
- In re Robert Trent, Department of Corrections, CSC Docket No. 2012-29232013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 203Docket 2012-2923
- In re Salva2010 N.J. CSC LEXIS 616Docket CSV 941-09
- Valluzzi v. Bergen County10 N.J.A.R. 89
Office of Administrative Law initial decisions (9)
- In re Wilcher et al., Newark School District2022 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 438
- In re Brown, Salem City Police Dep't, OAL Docket No. CSV 04702-192022 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 66
- In re Pierce2017 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 1288Docket CSV 01242-15
- In re Hanns, Jr., City of Linden Police Dep't2017 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 1203Docket CSV 00745-17
- In re Bowles2009 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 816Docket CSV 3256-09
- In re Bernal2008 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 1054Docket CSV 3154-07
- In re Afolo2008 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 546Docket CSV 4145-07
- 2007 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 177
- In re Martin2005 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 1211Docket CSV 6599-03