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N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.12 Reinstatement following disability retirement

N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.12, Reinstatement following disability retirement. A permanent employee who has been placed on disability retirement may be reinstated following a determination from the Division of Pensions that the retiree Full text with 1 recorded amendment, 3 citing decisions, cited by 1 other ru

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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

Coming back from a disability retirement starts with a determination from the Division of Pensions that the retiree is no longer disabled. Once that exists, a permanent employee may be reinstated, and the reinstatement takes priority over appointment from any eligible list except a special reemployment list, so people carrying layoff rights still come first. Seniority is the aggregate of permanent service in the permanent title before the retirement and after the reinstatement. The years spent on disability retirement do not count toward it.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.12. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) A permanent employee who has been placed on disability retirement may be reinstated following a determination from the Division of Pensions that the retiree is no longer disabled. #

(b) The employee's reinstatement shall have priority over appointment from any eligible list, except a special reemployment list. #

(c) Seniority for an employee who is reinstated following a period of disability retirement shall be the aggregate of permanent service in the employee's permanent title prior to retirement and following reinstatement. Seniority shall not be granted for the period of retirement. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.

  1. New ruleR.1992 d.338
    24 N.J.R. 2107(a); 24 N.J.R. 3091(b)

How this rule has been applied

3 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.12. 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 (3)
  • In re J.T., City of Newark, CSC Docket No. 2022-1922021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 473Docket 2022-192
  • In re S.L., City of Wildwood, CSC Docket No. 2021-6552021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 344Docket 2021-655
  • In re Stephen Phillips, Twp. of West Orange, CSC Dkt. No. 2012-10292013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 304

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