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N.J.A.C. 4A:3-2.6 SES benefits: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:3-2.6, SES benefits: State service. Effective January 1, 1997, SES members with underlying career service status shall be entitled to the same amount of vacation, sick, and administrative leav Full text with 2 recorded amendments.

Classification, Services, and Compensation · Senior Executive Service

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

Leave entitlement in the SES turns on what sits underneath it. An SES member carrying underlying career service status receives the same vacation, sick and administrative leave as career service employees. An SES member without that underlying status falls to whatever unclassified leave plan the department uses, if it uses one. Both groups may take part in the leave related programs open to career employees and to a department executive cadre, including State family leave, Federal family and medical leave, donated leave, and the voluntary furlough program. The examination right is the one people overlook: an SES member may apply for a career service promotional examination in their current unit scope, provided the permanent title held immediately before the SES appointment would have made them eligible for it. Job band movement follows its own path, either a promotional test for a move outside the band or an advancement to a higher level within it.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:3-2.6. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) Effective January 1, 1997, SES members with underlying career service status shall be entitled to the same amount of vacation, sick, and administrative leave received by career service employees. See N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.2, 1.3, and 1.9. SES members without underlying career status shall be subject to the unclassified leave plan, if any, utilized in his or her department. #

(b) SES members shall be entitled to participate in all leave-related programs open to career service employees and employees in the executive/senior management cadre of a department, including State family leave, Federal family and medical leave, donated leave, and the voluntary furlough program. See N.J.A.C. 4A:6. #

(c) An SES member may apply for a career service promotional examination in his or her current unit scope, as long as the permanent title he or she held immediately prior to SES appointment would have made the SES member eligible for the examination. #

1. If the SES member had been permanent in a job band, and in accordance with N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.2 and 4A:4-2.6 would be eligible for a promotion outside of the band, the SES member may apply for the promotional test. #

2. If the movement in a job band would be an advancement appointment to a higher level within the band, the SES member may apply for the advancement in accordance with N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.2. #

Amendment history

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

  1. AmendedR.2014 d.099
    45 N.J.R. 500(a); 46 N.J.R. 1331(c)
  2. AmendedR.1996 d.427
    28 N.J.R. 2538(a); 28 N.J.R. 4220(a)

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