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N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.15 Salaries for employees appointed to tentative title positions: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.15, Salaries for employees appointed to tentative title positions: State service. When appointed to positions designated "Tentative Title": 1. New employees, at the discretion of their appointing authority, may be appointed at a salary up Full text with 1 recorded amendment, cited by

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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

A tentative title is paid against a range that has not been finalised. While a new title request is pending, the Chairperson recommends an initial range from the request materials, and a new employee may be started anywhere up to the fourth step of it. Current agency employees moving into the position are adjusted under the rules that would apply if the title really were compensated at that range. The exposure sits in what happens when the evaluation finishes. If the final evaluated range comes in lower than the recommended one, the affected salaries are handled as a downward title reevaluation, meaning base pay holds while the excess is absorbed at the next anniversary rather than paid on top. Anniversary dates run from the date of appointment to the tentative title itself, not from whenever the permanent title is finally approved.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.15. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) When appointed to positions designated "Tentative Title": #

1. New employees, at the discretion of their appointing authority, may be appointed at a salary up to the fourth step of the salary range initially recommended for the title by the Chairperson or designee based on the new title request materials submitted by an appointing authority. #

2. Current employees of an agency shall have their salaries adjusted in accordance with rules which would be applicable if, in fact, the title were actually compensated at the salary range specified in (a)1 above. #

(b) If the final evaluated range is lower than the initially recommended range, the salaries of employees serving in affected Tentative Title positions shall be adjusted in accordance with downward title reevaluations. See N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.11. #

(c) Anniversary dates shall be set based on the date of appointment to the Tentative Title. #

Amendment history

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

  1. AmendedR.2017 d.100
    48 N.J.R. 2653(a); 49 N.J.R. 1182(a)

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