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, 41 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
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.
- AmendedR.2015 d.18647 N.J.R. 1689(a); 47 N.J.R. 2966(a)
How this rule has been applied
41 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 (37)
- In re Skillern, Newark Sch. Distr., CSC Docket No. 2025-16782025 N.J. CSC LEXIS 161Docket 2025-1678
- In re Morales, Belleville, CSC Docket No. 2024-19012025 N.J. CSC LEXIS 56Docket 2024-1901
- In re D.A.R., City of Jersey City, CSC Docket No. 2021-13082021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 366Docket 2021-1308
- In re S.L., City of Wildwood, CSC Docket No. 2021-6552021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 344Docket 2021-655
- In re Hartnett, Pennsauken, CSC Docket No. 2021-16522021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 246Docket 2021-1652
- In re Josey, Claims Adjudicator Trainee, Disability Determinations (S0459A), Dep't of Labor & Workforce Dev., CSC Docket Nos. 2021-389 and 2021-390 (Consolidated)2021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 61Docket 2021-389 and 2021-390
- In re S.C., Claims Adjudicator Trainee, Disability Determinations (S0459A), Dep't of Labor & Workforce Dev., CSC Docket No. 2021-4512021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 14Docket 2021-451
- In re Marroquin, Paterson, CSC Docket No. 2020-21982020 N.J. CSC LEXIS 958Docket 2020-2198
- In re A.G., City of Newark, CSC Docket No. 2017-8222020 N.J. CSC LEXIS 199Docket 2017-822
- In re Fullard, Camden Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2019-19492019 N.J. CSC LEXIS 527Docket 2019-1949
- In re Grippaldi, State Parole Bd., CSC Docket No. 2019-3182019 N.J. CSC LEXIS 49Docket 2019-318
- In re Darcy, Town of Harrison, CSC Docket No. 2019-10472018 N.J. CSC LEXIS 827Docket 2019-1047
- In re Schulman, Lakewood Twp., CSC Docket No. 2016-34982017 N.J. CSC LEXIS 324Docket 2016-3498
- In re Durham, Union Cnty., CSC Docket No. 2017-882017 N.J. CSC LEXIS 250Docket 2017-88
- In re Luis Aguilar, Motor Vehicle Comm'n, CSC Docket No. 2014-18132014 N.J. CSC LEXIS 457Docket 2014-1813
- Harmon v. Monmouth County Board of Social Services97 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 541
- Polidoro v. City of New Jersey Police Department97 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 239
- DiMattia v. Department of Transportation97 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 215
- Caldwell v. Forensic Psychiatric Hospital97 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 134
- Bell v. Mid-State Correctional Facility96 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 839
- Neuschafer v. Vineland Developmental Center96 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 766
- Kwasniewski v. Probation Division96 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 597
- Gottlieb v. Monmouth County Sheriff95 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 573
- Kromenacker v. Department of Transportation95 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 275
- Gurenlian v. Ancora Psychiatric Hospital94 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 599
- Apoldite v. Dept. of Treasury93 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 459
- DeBlasio v. Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services93 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 398
- DeBlasio v. Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services93 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 398
- Scott v. Department of Human Resources93 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 339
- Harwell v. Vineland Developmental Center92 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 679
- Ensslin v. Township of North Bergen92 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 674
- Swinney v. Sheriff's Department, Camden County92 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 614
- Di Lard v. Ancora Psychiatric Hospital92 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 159
- Schaan v. Gloucester County Bd. of Social Services92 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 152
- Manzo v. Jersey City Div. of Health92 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 117
- Cheeseman v. Bayside State Prison92 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 41
- Tatum v. John L. Montgomery Medical Home91 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 45
Office of Administrative Law initial decisions (3)
- Mendez v. City of Newark, Water & Sewers, OAL DOCKET NO. CSV 15234-162017 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 68
- In re Bayard2013 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 11Docket CSR 3546-12
- In re Thomas2006 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 539Docket CSV 559-05