N.J.A.C. 4A:2-4.3 Civil Service Commission hearing

N.J.A.C. 4A:2-4.3, Civil Service Commission hearing. An appeal to the Commission shall be processed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.9. (b) The employee has the burden of proof to establish that the action w Full text with 1 recorded amendment, 66 citing decisions.

Appeals, Discipline, and Separations · Termination at End of Working Test Period

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

The hardest sentence in this part of the code sits here: the employee has the burden of proof to establish that the action was in bad faith. Not that the performance assessment was wrong, not that it was unfair, but that the appointing authority acted in bad faith, and it is on you to prove it. That is a materially higher bar than a major discipline appeal, where the appointing authority has to justify its own action. The appeal itself is processed like any other Commission matter under 4A:2-2.9. If bad faith is found, the remedy is a new working test period, full or shortened, along with other appropriate remedies under the general remedies rule.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:2-4.3. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) An appeal to the Commission shall be processed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.9. #

(b) The employee has the burden of proof to establish that the action was in bad faith. #

(c) If bad faith is found by the Commission, the employee shall be entitled to a new full or shortened working test period and other appropriate remedies. See N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.5. #

Amendment history

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

December 7, 2015AmendedR.2015 d.186
47 N.J.R. 1689(a); 47 N.J.R. 2966(a)

How this rule has been applied

66 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:2-4.3. 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 (21)

In re Saldana, Burlington Cnty. Bd. of Soc. Serv., CSC DKT. NO. 2025-622July 23, 2025
In re Brittingham, Mercer Cnty. Corr. Ctr., CSC Docket No. 2023-977Docket 2023-977October 16, 2024
In re Petrosky, Union Cnty., Dep't of Human Serv.Docket CSV 05680-23July 3, 2024
In re Jaime, Union Cnty. Dep't of Human ServicesDocket CSV 09761-21July 20, 2022
In re Payne, Camden Cnty. Dep't of Corr.Docket CSV 04382-19July 2, 2021
In re Walker, Ancora Psychiatric Hosp., CSC Docket No. 2019-2599Docket 2019-2599August 5, 2019
In re Jimenez, Cape May Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2016-3680Docket 2016-3680October 6, 2017
In re Hanns, Jr., City of Linden, Police Dep't., CSC DKT. NO. 2017-2028September 7, 2017
In re Pierce, City of Hackensack, Police Dep't., CSC DKT. NO. 2015-1891September 7, 2017
In re Patel, Dep't of Transp., CSC DKT. NO. 2010-1449November 19, 2014
In re Brown, Dep't of Children & Families, CSC DKT. NO. 2013-1984May 21, 2014
In re Matthew Sailey Dep't of Transp., CSC Dkt. No. 2013-1867April 9, 2014cites (b)
In re Melissa Brown, Montclair State University, CSC DKT. NO. 2011-4793Docket CSV 04763-12August 15, 2013cites (b)
In re Shawn PressleyDocket CSV 00731-12August 15, 2013cites (b)
In re Jeremy Rodas, Dep't of Children & Families, CSC Dkt. No. 2012-3204Docket CSV 12410-12June 26, 2013cites (b)
County. In re RachmielDocket CSV 11354-09March 10, 2010
In re SalvaDocket CSV 941-09January 13, 2010
In re Pinckney, Dep't. of the Treasury, OAL Docket No. CSV 6968-07, CSC Docket No. 2008-453Docket 2008-453September 11, 2008
Howarth v. Department of Transportation95 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 636
Kreudl v. Department of Public Works95 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 584
Hamilton v. Essex County Hospital Center95 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 580

Office of Administrative Law initial decisions (45)

In re Saldana, Dep't of Personnel, Burlington Cnty. Bd. of Soc. Serv.Docket CSV 13829-24June 18, 2025
Petrosky v. Union Cnty. Dep't of Human Serv.Docket CSV 05680-23May 21, 2024
In re Miller, Essex Cnty. Dep't of Citizen Servs.Docket CSV 00727-18February 13, 2019
In re Slyke, Monmouth Cnty. Dep't of Human Servs.Docket CSV 17652-13September 15, 2017
In re PierceDocket CSV 01242-15September 7, 2017
In re Hanns, Jr., City of Linden Police Dep'tDocket CSV 00745-17September 6, 2017
In re Hanns, Jr., City of Linden Police Dep'tDocket CSV 00745-17July 28, 2017
In re Delgaudio, Bergen Cnty. Bd. of Social Servs.Docket CSV 09823-16June 6, 2017
Sarmad v. Dep't of Children & FamiliesDocket CSV 12825-14May 2, 2017
In re Whelan, Office of the Public DefenderDocket CSV 11498-13June 20, 2016
In re Ray, N.J. State Prison, Dep't of Corrs.Docket CSV 15310-13July 10, 2015
In re Guevara, Union City Dep't of Pub. SafetyDocket CSV 09238-14June 2, 2015
In re Voigtsberger, Camden Cty. Dep't of Corrs.Docket CSV 17848-13May 4, 2015
In re Rosiak, Bayside State Prison, Dep't of Corr.Docket CSV 17568-13April 30, 2015
In re Bhadreshku PatelDocket CSV 14102-09October 14, 2014
Lisa Brown v. Dep't of Children & FamiliesDocket CSV 2630-13April 8, 2014cites (b)
In re Barbarita Melendez, Superior Ct. of New Jersey, Hudson VicinageDocket CSV 04350-13December 26, 2013cites (b)
In re GravesDocket CSV 4701-08August 19, 2009
In re OcasioDocket CSV 01171-08July 22, 2009
In re MitchellDocket CSV 1478-09June 24, 2009
In re JohnsonDocket CSV 07526-08May 27, 2009
In re MacklinDocket CSV 02016-08April 15, 2009
In re KanisDocket CSV 782-07March 25, 2009
In re RobinsonDocket CSV 12165-07February 25, 2009
Group Home. In re PenningtonDocket CSV 10039-07September 24, 2008
In re MaldonadoDocket CSV 07337-04June 6, 2008
In re VilleccaDocket CSV 2978-06June 25, 2008
In re AfoloDocket CSV 4145-07May 7, 2008
In re EhrenkranzDocket CSV 4026-07April 23, 2008
In re BrittonDocket CSV 8350-06January 30, 2008
In re Howe, City of CliftonDocket CSV3601-06January 9, 2008cites (b)
In re MatusDocket CSV 5064-07December 5, 2007
In re PettyDocket CSV 60-07December 5, 2007
Docket PTC2091-07October 1, 2007
In re StubbsDocket CSV 6150-06September 26, 2007
In re WoodfordDocket CSV 11157-04June 20, 2007
co-worker. In re BarnesDocket CSV 2885-05April 25, 2007
January 31, 2007
In re AusbyDocket CSV 5735-04October 4, 2006
In re OlofintuyiDocket CSV 4571-05June 21, 2006
In re YanesDocket CSV 11481-04April 5, 2006
In re MabsonDocket CSV 2164-05March 8, 2006
In re WoolfordDocket CSV 803-04March 8, 2006
In re CooperDocket CSV 3473-05November 3, 2005
In re TolbertDocket CSV 4337-01September 21, 2005

Commission decisions citing 4A:2-4.3

10 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 cite this section (penalty upheld 7, denied 2, penalty reversed 1, as the minutes record the outcome). The newest:

In the Matter of Kyle Eidson, Woodbridge Township Fire Department, Fire District 1 CSC Docket No. 2025-996 · September 2, 2026 · Working test period · Penalty upheld
DYLAN RALSTON CSC Docket No. 2025-2135 · April 29, 2026 · Working test period · Penalty upheld
In the Matter of Dane Bath, Morris County CSC Docket No. 2025-1529 · February 4, 2026 · Working test period · Penalty upheld
In the Matter of Kandice Cooper, Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, Department of Health CSC Docket No. 2025-441 · December 17, 2025 · Working test period · Penalty upheld
PRIYANKA MATHUR CSC Docket No. 2024-2292 · July 23, 2025 · Working test period · Penalty upheld

All 10 decisions