N.J.A.C. 4A:4-5.4 Working test period appeals
N.J.A.C. 4A:4-5.4, Working test period appeals. An employee may be separated for unsatisfactory performance at the end of the working test period. See N.J.A.C. 4A:2-4 for appeal procedures. (b) An employe Full text with 1 recorded amendment, 15 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
Forty two words that answer the question everybody in a working test period is asking, and then send them somewhere else for the part that matters. Yes, you can be separated for unsatisfactory performance at the end of the working test period. And yes, you can also be disciplined during it, which is a different thing on a different track. The appeal routes are the point, and neither is described here. Separation at the end of the period is appealed under 4A:2-4, which sets a 20-day deadline and puts the burden on you to prove bad faith. Discipline during the period runs under 4A:2-2 for major discipline and 4A:2-3 for minor. Read those before relying on this one.
Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-5.4. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.
(a) An employee may be separated for unsatisfactory performance at the end of the working test period. See N.J.A.C. 4A:2-4 for appeal procedures. #
(b) An employee may be disciplined during the working test period. See N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2 and 3 for appeal procedures. #
Amendment history
Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.
- AmendedR.2017 d.14249 N.J.R. 492(a); 49 N.J.R. 2239(a)
How this rule has been applied
15 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:4-5.4. 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 (4)
- In re Saldana, Burlington Cnty. Bd. of Soc. Serv., CSC DKT. NO. 2025-622
- In re Oswald, Cumberland Cnty. Dep't of Pub. WorksDocket CSV 15107-19
- In re Jeremy Rodas, Dep't of Children & Families, CSC Dkt. No. 2012-3204Docket CSV 12410-12cites (a)
- Saleem v. Department of Citizen Services95 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 204
Office of Administrative Law initial decisions (11)
- In re Saldana, Dep't of Personnel, Burlington Cnty. Bd. of Soc. Serv.Docket CSV 13829-24
- In re Oswald, Cumberland Cnty. Dep't of Pub. WorksDocket CSV 15107-19
- In re Hanns, Jr., City of Linden Police Dep'tDocket CSV 00745-17
- In re Delgaudio, Bergen Cnty. Bd. of Social Servs.Docket CSV 09823-16
- In re Whelan, Office of the Public DefenderDocket CSV 11498-13
- In re Ray, N.J. State Prison, Dep't of Corrs.Docket CSV 15310-13
- In re Guevara, Union City Dep't of Pub. SafetyDocket CSV 09238-14
- In re KowalczykDocket CSV 4443-05
- In re ScozzariDocket CSV 10613-04
- In re WredeDocket CSV 5372-05
- In re DanielsDocket CSV 10112-03