N.J.A.C. 4A:2-6.3 General resignation
N.J.A.C. 4A:2-6.3, General resignation. A general resignation is a third category of employee resignation from employment, distinct from a resignation in good standing and a resignation not in goo Full text with 1 recorded amendment, 1 citing decision.
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
A third category, and it exists only inside a settlement. A general resignation is neither a resignation in good standing nor a resignation not in good standing. It arises in one circumstance: as the agreed resolution of a disciplinary action that the employee has appealed to the appointing authority or to the Commission under 4A:2-2. The settlement has to state clearly in writing that the parties agreed to a general resignation as the resolution of the disciplinary appeal. The final line closes the obvious loophole. An appointing authority may not unilaterally impose a general resignation on an employee. As for what the label carries later, this section says nothing, but 4A:4-3.1 puts former permanent employees who received a general resignation on the regular reemployment list alongside those who resigned in good standing.
Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:2-6.3. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.
(a) A general resignation is a third category of employee resignation from employment, distinct from a resignation in good standing and a resignation not in good standing. #
(b) An employee may be deemed to have received a general resignation from employment for purposes of reaching a settlement in a disciplinary action appealed by an employee to the appointing authority or to the Civil Service Commission in accordance with N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2. The settlement shall clearly state in writing that the parties have agreed to a general resignation as a resolution to the disciplinary appeal. #
(c) An appointing authority may not unilaterally impose a general resignation on an employee. #
Amendment history
Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.
- New ruleR.2010 d.22242 N.J.R. 1277(a); 42 N.J.R. 2399(a)
How this rule has been applied
1 decision has cited N.J.A.C. 4A:2-6.3. 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 (1)
- 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