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N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.5 Transfer during a working test period

N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.5, Transfer during a working test period. An employee who is serving a working test period may only be transferred due to a transfer or combining of functions or operations, or the exercise of later Full text with 1 recorded amendment.

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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

Being in a working test period closes off transfers almost entirely. Two things can still move you, and neither is something you set in motion: a transfer or combining of functions or operations, and someone exercising lateral displacement rights in the course of layoff procedures. Where either happens and the transfer is permanent, you are permitted to complete the working test period in the new organizational unit. How long that period runs is set elsewhere, and it is measured in active service rather than calendar time.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.5. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) An employee who is serving a working test period may only be transferred due to a transfer or combining of functions or operations, or the exercise of lateral displacement rights in the course of layoff procedures. #

(b) An employee who is permanently transferred during the working test period due to a combining of functions or operations or the exercise of lateral displacement rights shall be permitted to complete working test period in the new organizational unit. #

Amendment history

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

  1. AmendedR.1993 d.270

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