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N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.10 Regular reemployment

N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.10, Regular reemployment. A permanent employee who has resigned in good standing, received a general resignation, retired or voluntarily demoted, may request consideration for reempl Full text with 8 recorded amendments, 8 citing decisions.

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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 door back in, but it opens from the employer side. A permanent employee who resigned in good standing, received a general resignation, retired or took a voluntary demotion may ask to be considered for reemployment by telling their appointing authority they are available. The name goes onto a reemployment list only where that appointing authority recommends the reemployment as in the best interest of the service and the Chairperson or designee places it there. Once listed, a regular reemployment list is subject to certification to every appointing authority in the jurisdiction. Duration is three years from the date of resignation, retirement or voluntary demotion unless the list is extended, and a request has to be made inside that window. Police, sheriff's officer and fire reemployment lists have unlimited duration. Seniority starts again on the date of regular reemployment.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.10. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) A permanent employee who has resigned in good standing, received a general resignation, retired or voluntarily demoted, may request consideration for reemployment by indicating availability to his or her appointing authority. #

(b) Upon recommendation of the appointing authority that such reemployment is in the best interest of the service, the Chairperson or designee shall place the employee's name on a reemployment list. A regular reemployment list shall be subject to certification to all appointing authorities in a jurisdiction. #

(c) Police, sheriff's officer, and fire reemployment lists shall have unlimited durations. Regular reemployment lists for all other titles shall have durations of three years from the date of resignation, retirement, or voluntary demotion, unless the list is extended pursuant to N.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.3(b)1. #

1. Requests for reemployment must be submitted within the duration of the applicable list. #

(d) Seniority commences as of the date of regular reemployment. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 8 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2017 d.142
    49 N.J.R. 492(a); 49 N.J.R. 2239(a)
  2. AmendedR.2010 d.222
    42 N.J.R. 1277(a); 42 N.J.R. 2399(a)
  3. AmendedR.1997 d.195
    28 N.J.R. 4980(a); 29 N.J.R. 2266(b)
  4. Amended
    27 N.J.R. 1839(a); 27 N.J.R. 2885(b)
  5. AmendedR.1992 d.338
    24 N.J.R. 2107(a); 24 N.J.R. 3091(b)
  6. date not statedPetition for rulemaking
    26 N.J.R. 2148(a)
  7. date not statedAdministrative correction
    34 N.J.R. 2781(b)
  8. date not statedPetition for rulemaking
    45 N.J.R. 223(a)

How this rule has been applied

8 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.10. 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.

Appellate Division (1)
  • Klawitter v. City of Trenton395 N.J. Super. 302; 928 A.2d 900
Superior Court (1)
  • Matter of Allen262 N.J.Super. 438; 621 A.2d 87
Civil Service Commission final determinations (6)

Commission decisions citing 4A:4-7.10

12 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 cite this section (denied 9, dismissed 1, granted 1, as the minutes record the outcome). The newest:

All 12 decisions

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