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N.J.A.C. 4A:2-6.1 Resignation in good standing

N.J.A.C. 4A:2-6.1, Resignation in good standing. Any permanent employee in the career service may resign in good standing by giving the appointing authority at least 14 days written or verbal notice, unles Full text with 1 recorded amendment, 40 citing decisions, cited by 1 other rule.

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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

Fourteen days notice, written or verbal, and a permanent career service employee who gives it resigns in good standing. The appointing authority can consent to less. Two features cut against changing your mind afterwards. The resignation is treated as accepted the moment the notice is received, and a request to rescind it before the effective date works only if the appointing authority consents; the rule gives the employee no right to withdraw. The exception is a resignation that was not really voluntary. Where it is alleged to have been the result of duress or coercion, an appeal may be made to the Commission under 4A:2-1.1, which requires the appeal in writing and, unless a different period is stated, within 20 days of notice or of when the employee reasonably should have known. Failing to give the required notice has its own consequence, set out at 4A:2-6.2.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:2-6.1. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) Any permanent employee in the career service may resign in good standing by giving the appointing authority at least 14 days written or verbal notice, unless the appointing authority consents to a shorter notice. #

(b) The resignation shall be considered accepted by the appointing authority upon receipt of the notice of resignation. #

(c) A request to rescind the resignation prior to its effective date may be consented to by the appointing authority. #

(d) Where it is alleged that a resignation was the result of duress or coercion, an appeal may be made to the Civil Service Commission under N.J.A.C. 4A:2-1.1. #

Amendment history

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

  1. AmendedR.2015 d.186
    47 N.J.R. 1689(a); 47 N.J.R. 2966(a)

How this rule has been applied

40 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:2-6.1. 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.

Appellate Division (1)
  • Manusco v. No. Arlington Boro.203 N.J.Super. 427; 497 A.2d 238
Civil Service Commission final determinations (36)
Office of Administrative Law initial decisions (3)
  • Mendez v. City of Newark, Water & Sewers, OAL DOCKET NO. CSV 15234-16
  • In re BayardDocket CSR 3546-12
  • In re ThomasDocket CSV 559-05

Commission decisions citing 4A:2-6.1

19 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 cite this section (denied 13, dismissed as untimely 1, dismissed 1, as the minutes record the outcome). The newest:

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