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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.19 Leave for jury duty: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.19, Leave for jury duty: State service. State employees in the career or senior executive service shall be granted leave with pay for the time required to attend jury duty that is scheduled during

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

Commuting time counts. State employees in the career or senior executive service are granted paid leave for the time jury duty takes during work hours, and the section says in terms that the actual time spent commuting is part of it. Shift workers have their own paragraph. Where jury duty falls in the shift immediately before or after the scheduled one, wholly within the same day, the scheduled shift is excused. Where a shift runs from one day into the next and does not sit immediately next to the jury service, the employee chooses whether the excused shift is the one before or the one after. The daily limit is the normal number of work hours, or up to eight hours for anyone not on a fixed workweek schedule. Written verification of attendance signed by a court representative goes to the appointing authority. Unclassified State employees may be granted the leave with or without pay, at the discretion of the appointing authority.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.19. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) State employees in the career or senior executive service shall be granted leave with pay for the time required to attend jury duty that is scheduled during work hours. Time required for jury duty includes actual time spent in commuting. #

(b) Employees who are required to attend jury duty during the work shift immediately preceding or following his or her scheduled work shift wholly within the same day shall be excused from the scheduled work shift. If the employee's scheduled work shift extends from one day to the next and does not immediately precede or follow the period during which an employee must attend jury duty, the employee shall choose and be granted leave from his or her work shift that is scheduled either before or after jury duty. #

(c) Employees shall be granted up to their normal number of work hours in any one day to attend jury duty. Employees who do not work on a fixed workweek schedule may be granted up to eight hours' leave in any one work day. #

(d) Employees shall submit to their appointing authority written verification of attendance signed by a representative of the court. #

(e) Unclassified State employees may be granted such leave with or without pay at the discretion of the appointing authority. #

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