N.J.A.C. 4A:4-4.6 Eligibles on military leave
N.J.A.C. 4A:4-4.6, Eligibles on military leave. Interested eligibles on military leave shall continue to be certified. The appointing authority may consider such eligibles immediately available for appoin Full text with 2 citing decisions.
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
Military leave does not cost you your place on the list. Interested eligibles on military leave continue to be certified, and the appointing authority may treat them as immediately available for appointment even though reporting for work may have to wait. On return from military duty, an appointed eligible has, once the working test period is successfully completed, the same rights, privileges and obligations as if they had served continuously in the title from the original effective date of the appointment.
Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-4.6. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.
(a) Interested eligibles on military leave shall continue to be certified. The appointing authority may consider such eligibles immediately available for appointment even though reporting for work may be delayed. #
(b) On return from military duty, an appointed eligible shall, after successful completion of the working test period, have the same rights, privileges and obligations as if the eligible had served continuously in the title from the original effective date of appointment. #
How this rule has been applied
2 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:4-4.6. 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.
Civil Service Commission final determinations (2)
- In re Delcid, Campus Police Officer Recruit (S9999A), Stockton State Univ., CSC Docket No. 2023-287Docket 2023-287
- In re Rosario, Jr., Corr. Officer Recruit (S9988T), Dep't of Corrs., CSC Docket No. 2017-605Docket 2017-605
Commission decisions citing 4A:4-4.6
3 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 cite this section (granted 3, as the minutes record the outcome). The newest:
- In the Matter of Police Officer (M2429E), Somers Point CSC Docket No. 2025-2419 · September 2, 2026 · Request for enforcement · Granted
- In the Matter of Bayron Delcid, Campus Police Officer Recruit (S9999A), Stockton State University CSC Docket No. 2023-287 · May 3, 2023 · Certification or appointment · Granted
- In the Matter of Marc Berkeyheiser, Police Sergeant (PM5159N), Trenton CSC Docket No. 2022-2894 · November 2, 2022 · Certification or appointment · Granted
Elsewhere in Certification From Eligible Lists
- 4A:4-4.1 Need for certification
- 4A:4-4.2 Issuance of certification
- 4A:4-4.3 Certification from appropriate lists
- 4A:4-4.4 Limitation on number of times eligible is certified
- 4A:4-4.5 Certifications limited to persons of a particular sex, religion, or national origin
- 4A:4-4.6A Certain persons returning from military service
- 4A:4-4.7 Removal of names
- 4A:4-4.8 Disposition of a certification
- 4A:4-4.9 Date of appointment
- 4A:4-4.10 Certification of additional eligibles