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N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.7 Appeals

N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.7, Appeals. Transfers, reassignments or lateral title changes shall not be utilized as part of a disciplinary action, except when disciplinary procedures have been utilized Full text with 9 citing decisions, cited by 1 other rule.

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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

Two sentences, and the second one is the sting. The first says a transfer, a reassignment or a lateral title change may not be used as part of a disciplinary action except where disciplinary procedures have actually been used, which is the rule against moving somebody as punishment without charging them. The second says that when an employee challenges the good faith of a transfer, a reassignment or a lateral title change, the burden of proof is on the employee. The employer does not have to justify the move; the employee has to establish bad faith.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.7. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

Transfers, reassignments or lateral title changes shall not be utilized as part of a disciplinary action, except when disciplinary procedures have been utilized. When an employee challenges the good faith of a transfer, reassignment or lateral title change, the burden of proof shall be on the employee.

How this rule has been applied

9 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.7. 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 (9)
  • In re Gaffney, Div. of Developmental Disabilities, CSC Docket Nos. 2024-25202025 N.J. CSC LEXIS 49Docket 2024-2520
  • In re Negron, Hudson Cnty. Sheriff's Office, CSC Docket No. 2020-22352022 N.J. CSC LEXIS 83Docket 2020-2235
  • In re P.T., Dep't of Human Serv., CSC Docket No. 2022-2002021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 425Docket 2022-200
  • Supervisor. In re Wright, City of Newark, CSC Docket No. 2021-1062021 N.J. CSC LEXIS 17Docket 2021-106
  • In re T.M., Dep't of Educ., CSC Docket No. 2019-19562019 N.J. CSC LEXIS 534Docket 2019-1956
  • In re C.G, Dep't of Transp., CSC Docket No. 2015-31302015 N.J. CSC LEXIS 11Docket 2015-3130
  • In re S.B., State Parole Bd., CSC Dkt. Nos. 2013-3832014 N.J. CSC LEXIS 839
  • In re White, Div. of Rate Counsel, Dep't of the Treas., CSC Docket No. 2013-22862013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 1175Docket 2013-2286
  • In re Pitchell, Dep't of Env't Prot., CSC Docket No. 2013-6492013 N.J. CSC LEXIS 704Docket 2013-649

Rules that point here

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