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, 17 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
17 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. 2025-6222025 N.J. CSC LEXIS 195
- In re Oswald, Cumberland Cnty. Dep't of Pub. Works2021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 8Docket CSV 15107-19
- In re Jeremy Rodas, Dep't of Children & Families, CSC Dkt. No. 2012-32042013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 657Docket CSV 12410-12
- Saleem v. Department of Citizen Services95 N.J.A.R.2d (CSV) 204
Office of Administrative Law initial decisions (13)
- In re Saldana, Dep't of Personnel, Burlington Cnty. Bd. of Soc. Serv.2025 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 292Docket CSV 13829-24
- In re Oswald, Cumberland Cnty. Dep't of Pub. Works2021 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 7Docket CSV 15107-19
- In re Hanns, Jr., City of Linden Police Dep't2017 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 563Docket CSV 00745-17
- In re Delgaudio, Bergen Cnty. Bd. of Social Servs.2017 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 371Docket CSV 09823-16
- In re Whelan, Office of the Public Defender2016 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 517Docket CSV 11498-13
- In re Ray, N.J. State Prison, Dep't of Corrs.2015 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 544Docket CSV 15310-13
- In re Guevara, Union City Dep't of Pub. Safety2015 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 311Docket CSV 09238-14
- In re Kowalczyk2006 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 866Docket CSV 4443-05
- In re Kowalczyk2006 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 866Docket CSV 4443-05
- In re Kowalczyk2006 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 866Docket CSV 4443-05
- In re Scozzari2006 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 528Docket CSV 10613-04
- In re Wrede2006 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 1117Docket CSV 5372-05
- In re Daniels2005 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 1174Docket CSV 10112-03