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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.12 Leave for appointment by Governor

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.12, Leave for appointment by Governor. When a permanent employee or an employee in the senior executive service is appointed by the Governor to an office, the appointing authority shall grant and rec Full text with 1 recorded amendment, cited by 1 other rule.

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

The timing is most of the rule. A permanent employee, or an employee in the senior executive service, who is appointed by the Governor to an office gets a leave of absence without pay for the period of that appointment, and the appointing authority must grant and record it. The condition is that the employee requested the leave before the appointment. When the leave expires the employee has the right to return to the former title and to receive all the rights, privileges and benefits of that title as if they had never left it. This is one of the sections that reaches local service as well as State service, through the entitlement list at 4A:6-1.1.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.12. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

When a permanent employee or an employee in the senior executive service is appointed by the Governor to an office, the appointing authority shall grant and record a leave of absence without pay for the period of appointment, provided that the employee requests such a leave of absence prior to the appointment. Upon the expiration of the leave, the employee shall have the right to return to the former title and receive all the rights, privileges and benefits of that title as if he or she had remained in that title. See N.J.S.A. 52:14-16.2.

Amendment history

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

  1. AmendedR.1994 d.73

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