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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.17 Leave for elective office: local service

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.17, Leave for elective office: local service. A permanent employee in local service shall be granted a leave of absence without pay to fill elective public office for the term of the office. 1. The empl Full text with 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

Six years is the outer limit, and it runs from the day the leave begins rather than from anything about the office. A permanent employee in local service must be granted a leave of absence without pay to fill an elective public office for the term of that office. The right to return to the permanent title lasts six years from the start of the leave, and it depends on a written request to return being submitted to the appointing authority before the leave expires. Where the elected term runs past six years, the name of the employee goes on a special reemployment list at the six-year mark instead. Seniority in the permanent title accrues for those six years and no further. Someone who sat a promotional examination before the leave began may still be appointed from the resulting list, and begins the working test period on returning. Whoever fills the job in the meantime is appointed from an appropriate eligible list but holds it on an interim basis, ending when the employee returns.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.17. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) A permanent employee in local service shall be granted a leave of absence without pay to fill elective public office for the term of the office. #

1. The employee shall be entitled to return to his or her permanent title within six years from the date the leave begins, provided that a written request to return is submitted to the appointing authority before the leave expires. If the term of the elective office exceeds six years, the employee's name shall be placed on a special reemployment list at the expiration of the six years. #

2. The employee shall continue to accrue seniority in his or her permanent title for a maximum of six years. #

3. An employee who had taken a promotional examination before being granted the leave may be appointed to the promotional title from the resulting list and shall begin the working test period upon return from the leave. #

4. Any appointments to fill the position of the employee during the leave shall be made from appropriate eligible lists, but any such appointments shall be interim and shall terminate upon the return of the employee on such leave to the permanent title. #

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