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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.1 General provisions

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.1, General provisions. In local service, appointing authorities shall establish types of leaves and procedures for leaves of absence. 1. Pursuant to this subchapter, employees in Full text with 3 recorded amendments, 7 citing decisions.

Leaves, Hours of Work, and Employee Development · Leaves of Absence

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

In local service the appointing authority sets the types of leave and the procedures, but not from a blank page. Local employees are entitled to vacation leave under 4A:6-1.2(b) through (h), sick leave under 4A:6-1.3(a) through (h), military leave, gubernatorial appointment leave, convention leave, elective office leave, State family leave and Federal family and medical leave. A local appointing authority may grant a permanent employee up to a year of unpaid leave, extendable past a year only for exceptional circumstances with the written approval of the Chairperson or a designee. Vacation and sick leave for police officers and firefighters are set by local ordinance instead. In State service the subchapter covers career service employees unless a section says otherwise, and temporary employees are entitled to none of it. Two things apply everywhere: leave records go to the Civil Service Commission for the official State record, and a leave of absence does not disqualify an applicant for a promotional examination.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.1. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) In local service, appointing authorities shall establish types of leaves and procedures for leaves of absence. #

1. Pursuant to this subchapter, employees in local service shall also be entitled to vacation leave (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.2(b) through (h)); sick leave (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.3(a) through (h)); military leave (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.11); gubernatorial appointment leave (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.12); convention leave (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.13); elective office leave (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.17); family leave under State law (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.21A); and Federal family and medical leave (N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.21B). #

2. An appointing authority may grant a permanent employee a leave of absence without pay for a period not to exceed one year. A leave may be extended beyond one year for exceptional circumstances upon request of the appointing authority and written approval of the Chairperson or designee. #

3. An appointing authority may grant unpaid union leave pursuant to N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.16. #

4. Vacation and sick leaves for police officers and firefighters are established by local ordinance. See N.J.S.A. 40A:14-7 and 40A:14-118. #

(b) In State service, this subchapter shall apply to career service employees, unless otherwise indicated. Temporary employees (see N.J.S.A. 11A:4-13c.) are not entitled to the leaves or benefits in this subchapter. #

(c) Records of all employee leaves of absence and types of leave shall be maintained by State and local appointing authorities and reported to the Civil Service Commission for the official State record in the prescribed manner and form. #

(d) A leave of absence shall not disqualify an applicant for a promotional examination. #

(e) Where leave procedures are not set by this subchapter, appointing authorities shall establish such procedures subject to applicable negotiations requirements. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 3 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2016 d.171
    48 N.J.R. 5(a); 48 N.J.R. 2775(b)
  2. AmendedR.1994 d.620
    26 N.J.R. 3511(a); 26 N.J.R. 5002(b)
  3. AmendedR.1990 d.387
    22 N.J.R. 1300(b); 22 N.J.R. 2263(a)

How this rule has been applied

7 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.1. 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)
  • , No. A-0713-07T12009 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 148
Superior Court (1)
  • Headen v. Jersey City Bd. of Educ.420 N.J. Super. 105; 18 A.3d 1072; 2011 N.J. Super. LEXIS 872011
Civil Service Commission final determinations (3)
  • In re Estremera, et al., Police Sergeant (PM4605C), Newark, CSC Docket Nos. 2023-21, et al. (Consolidated)2022 N.J. CSC LEXIS 809Docket 2023-21
  • In re Kolbe, Jr. CSC Dkt. No. 2015-11862015 N.J. CSC LEXIS 484
  • In re Gabrys, Town of Dover, CSC Docket No. 2015-18002015 N.J. CSC LEXIS 485Docket 2015-1800
Office of Administrative Law initial decisions (2)
  • In re HearnDocket CSV 04991-05
  • In re Mortimer2006 N.J. AGEN LEXIS 543Docket CSV 6378-05

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