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N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.11 Interest

N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.11, Interest. When the Civil Service Commission makes an award of back pay, it may also award interest in the following situations: 1. When an appointing authority has un Full text with 2 recorded amendments, 7 citing decisions.

Appeals, Discipline, and Separations · Major Discipline

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

This is an annotated mirror, not the official publication. Verify against the Civil Service Commission before relying on it.

In plain language

Interest on a back pay award is discretionary and narrow. The Commission may add it in two situations only: where an appointing authority has unreasonably delayed complying with an order of the Commission or the Chairperson, or where the Commission finds sufficient cause on the particular facts. There is no automatic entitlement, so winning back pay does not carry interest with it. Where interest is allowed, the rate is the annual rate in the New Jersey court rules at R.4:42-11 rather than anything set by the Commission itself. One sequencing detail matters to the arithmetic: the back pay award is reduced first, under the mitigation provisions in 4A:2-2.10, and interest is calculated on the reduced figure.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.11. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) When the Civil Service Commission makes an award of back pay, it may also award interest in the following situations: #

1. When an appointing authority has unreasonably delayed compliance with an order of the Commission or Chairperson, as applicable; or #

2. Where the Commission finds sufficient cause based on the particular case. #

(b) Where applicable, interest shall be at the annual rate as set forth in New Jersey court rules, R.4:42-11. #

(c) Before interest is applied, an award of back pay shall be reduced in accordance with N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.10(d)2 and 3. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 2 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2015 d.186
    47 N.J.R. 1689(a); 47 N.J.R. 2966(a)
  2. date not statedAdministrative correction
    26 N.J.R. 198(a)

How this rule has been applied

7 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.11. 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 (7)

Commission decisions citing 4A:2-2.11

8 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 cite this section (different results for different parties 3, granted 3, denied 1, as the minutes record the outcome). The newest:

All 8 decisions

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