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N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.11 Downward title reevaluation pay adjustments: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.11, Downward title reevaluation pay adjustments: State service. When a title is reevaluated to a lower class code, or when a title is eliminated and incumbents are placed in a title having a lower class code, each employ Full text with 3 recorded amendments, cited by 4 other rules.

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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

Red circled is the term to know. When a title is reevaluated down to a lower class code, or eliminated with its incumbents moved into a title at a lower class code, nobody base salary is cut. What changes is what happens next. The portion of salary sitting above the nearest lower step in the new range is carried as extra salary until the anniversary date, and then the employee moves up one step instead of receiving the normal performance increment, so the raise is absorbed rather than paid. An employee whose base salary already exceeds the maximum step of the lower range is red circled, holding at that figure until the range maximum is increased to meet it. Two timing protections apply. The reevaluation takes effect no sooner than the first pay period 60 days after the determination, and affected employees and their negotiations representatives receive at least 45 days notice of the reduction in range before that date.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.11. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) When a title is reevaluated to a lower class code, or when a title is eliminated and incumbents are placed in a title having a lower class code, each employee in that title shall remain at his or her current base salary. The part of an employee's base salary that is above the nearest lower step in the lower range will be carried as extra salary until the employee's anniversary date, at which time the employee's salary shall be moved to the next higher step, if warranted by performance, in lieu of the normal performance increment. If the employee's base salary is above the maximum step, the employee will be red circled, that is, remain at that salary until the maximum step of the lower range is increased to a level at or above the employee's base salary, at which time the employee's salary shall be moved to that maximum step of the lower range. #

1. The effective date of a downward title reevaluation shall be the first pay period that is 60 days after the date of the reevaluation determination by the Chairperson or designee. #

2. All employees affected by a downward title reevaluation and their negotiations representatives shall be given notice by the appointing authority of the reduction in range at least 45 days prior to the effective date. #

3. When a title has been eliminated and incumbents placed in a title having a lower class code, the Chairperson or designee, on his or her own initiative or upon the request of affected employees and/or their negotiations representatives, may provide for additional adjustments for affected employees. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 3 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2017 d.100
    48 N.J.R. 2653(a); 49 N.J.R. 1182(a)
  2. AmendedR.1993 d.424
    25 N.J.R. 1916(a); 25 N.J.R. 4064(a)
  3. New ruleR.1990 d.45
    21 N.J.R. 1184(a); 22 N.J.R. 166(a)

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