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N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.2 Establishment of classification plans

N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.2, Establishment of classification plans. The Civil Service Commission shall establish and maintain classification plans for all job titles in the career, senior executive, and unclassified services Full text with 1 recorded amendment, 3 citing decisions, cited by 1 other rule.

Classification, Services, and Compensation · Classification

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 classification plan is three lists: the job titles, a specification for each one, and the job bands titles have been assigned to. A specification is a descriptive summary of the duties and responsibilities of a position, or of a group of positions similar enough in content to share a single title, which is why one specification can cover an entire title series or job band with the distinctions between levels written into its text. Anyone reading a specification that seems to describe several jobs at once is reading that provision working as intended. The Commission maintains plans for the career, senior executive and unclassified services alike, and uses the same job titles in the State and local plans to the extent feasible, which is why a local title often matches a State one exactly. The cross-reference this section gives for job bands points at a section that is now reserved.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.2. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) The Civil Service Commission shall establish and maintain classification plans for all job titles in the career, senior executive, and unclassified services. #

(b) The classification plans shall consist of: #

1. A list of job titles; #

2. A job specification for each title, which shall include a descriptive summary of duties and responsibilities of a position or group of positions which are sufficiently similar in content to be assigned a job title; and #

3. A list of job bands to which titles have been assigned (see N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.2A). #

(c) A single specification may be used for a title series or job band. In such cases, the distinction between different titles in the series or levels in the job band, as the case may be, will be set forth in the specification. #

(d) To the extent feasible, the same job titles shall be used in the State and local classification plans. #

Amendment history

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

  1. AmendedR.2014 d.099
    45 N.J.R. 500(a); 46 N.J.R. 1331(c)

How this rule has been applied

3 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.2. 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.

New Jersey Supreme Court (1)
  • Aparin v. County of Gloucester345 A.2d 412001
Appellate Division (1)
  • In re Tp. Moorestown107 N.J.Super. 274; 258 A.2d 134
Other decisions (1)
  • Civil Service Act. Communications Workers of Am. v. New Jersey Civ. Serv. Comm'n (In re Job Banding for Software Dev. Specialist 1 & 2)2018

Commission decisions citing 4A:3-3.2

32 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 cite this section (granted 27, denied 5, as the minutes record the outcome). The newest:

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