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N.J.A.C. 4A:4-1.10 Approval of appointments by Civil Service Commission

N.J.A.C. 4A:4-1.10, Approval of appointments by Civil Service Commission. All initial and subsequent appointments, promotions, and related personnel actions in the career, unclassified, or senior executive service are subject to t Full text with 5 recorded amendments, 83 citing decisions, cited by 2

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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

Nothing is final until the Commission approves it. Every initial and subsequent appointment, promotion and related personnel action across the career, unclassified and senior executive services is subject to review and approval by the Chairperson or designee. After the appointing authority submits an action and it is reviewed, a Commission representative tells them whether it was approved or disapproved. The Commission can also direct personnel action freezes in connection with layoffs or other emergent circumstances, which is worth knowing if an expected appointment stalls during a layoff: the delay may be a freeze rather than a decision about you. An offer accepted is not the same thing as an appointment approved.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-1.10. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) All initial and subsequent appointments, promotions, and related personnel actions in the career, unclassified, or senior executive service are subject to the review and approval of the Chairperson or designee. #

1. The Civil Service Commission may direct personnel action freezes in connection with layoffs or other emergent circumstances. #

(b) Following submission and review of personnel actions, the appointing authority shall be notified by an appropriate representative of the Civil Service Commission whether the action has been approved or disapproved and the reasons for any disapproval. The appointing authority shall provide written notice to all affected employees of such personnel actions. See N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.1(b)1 for State appointing authority payroll certification requirements. #

(c) When a regular appointment has been made, the Civil Service Commission may order a retroactive appointment date due to administrative error, administrative delay, or other good cause, on notice to affected parties. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 5 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2017 d.142
    49 N.J.R. 492(a); 49 N.J.R. 2239(a)
  2. AmendedR.2013 d.001
    44 N.J.R. 2149(a); 45 N.J.R. 25(a)
  3. AmendedR.1998 d.291
    30 N.J.R. 890(a); 30 N.J.R. 1975(a)
  4. AmendedR.1994 d.619
    26 N.J.R. 3510(a); 26 N.J.R. 5002(a)
  5. AmendedR.1993 d.270
    25 N.J.R. 1085(b); 25 N.J.R. 2509(a)

How this rule has been applied

83 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:4-1.10. 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.

Superior Court (1)
  • Walsh v. State290 N.J.Super. 1; 674 A.2d 988
Civil Service Commission final determinations (82)

Commission decisions citing 4A:4-1.10

100 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 cite this section (granted 65, denied 20, granted in part 12, as the minutes record the outcome). The newest:

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