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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.9 Administrative leave: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.9, Administrative leave: State service. Full-time State employees in the career and senior executive service and those employees of Rutgers, the State University, New Jersey Institute of Technolog Full text with 4 recorded amendments, 1 citing decision, 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

Emergencies first, then religious holidays, then personal matters. That is the priority order for the three days of administrative leave that full-time State employees in the career and senior executive service are granted each calendar year for personal business. Employees hired part way through the year get half a day for each full calendar month of employment, capped at three days for the remainder of the year. Unclassified employees may be granted up to three days at the discretion of the appointing authority, which is a different thing from an entitlement, and part-time employees get a proportionate share. Use has to be approved and cannot be unreasonably denied. The catch arrives at the end of December: administrative leave not used during the calendar year is forfeited, and an employee who leaves State service is not required to repay days already taken. It can be taken alongside other paid leave.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.9. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) Full-time State employees in the career and senior executive service and those employees of Rutgers, the State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey who perform services similar to those performed by employees of the New Jersey State Colleges who are in the career service shall be granted three days of administrative leave in each calendar year for personal business, including emergencies and religious observances. #

1. Priority in granting such leave requests shall be: #

i. Emergencies; #

ii. Religious holidays; #

iii. Personal matters. #

2. Employees hired during the calendar year shall be granted one-half day of administrative leave for each full calendar month of employment up to a maximum of three days' leave for the remainder of the calendar year. Thereafter, administrative leave shall be credited at the beginning of each calendar year. #

3. Administrative leave may be granted and shall be recorded and tracked in hours. See N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.5(f) for adjustments in the administrative leave entitlement when an employee's workweek changes. #

(b) Unclassified employees may be granted up to three days of administrative leave in each calendar year, at the discretion of the appointing authority. #

(c) Part-time employees shall be entitled to a proportionate amount of paid administrative leave. See N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.8(e) for paid administrative leave to which employees in intermittent titles are entitled. #

(d) Use of administrative leave must be approved by the appointing authority and cannot be unreasonably denied. #

(e) Administrative leave that is not used during the calendar year shall be forfeited. An employee who leaves State service shall not be required to reimburse the State for days already used. #

1. An employee leaving State service due to an intergovernmental transfer pursuant to N.J.A.C. 4A:4-7.1A shall not receive compensation based on any unused administrative leave, nor shall the administrative leave be transferrable. #

(f) Administrative leave may be taken in conjunction with other types of paid leave. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 4 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2001 d.420
    33 N.J.R. 2567(a); 33 N.J.R. 3895(b)
  2. AmendedR.1999 d.346
    31 N.J.R. 1553(a); 31 N.J.R. 2877(a)
  3. AmendedR.1993 d.47
    24 N.J.R. 3590(a); 25 N.J.R. 293(a)
  4. AmendedR.1990 d.48
    21 N.J.R. 3337(a); 22 N.J.R. 166(b)

How this rule has been applied

1 decision has cited N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.9. 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 (1)
  • In re Latham, et al., Dep't of Corrs., CSC Docket Nos. 2016-3614, et al.2017 N.J. CSC LEXIS 593Docket 2016-3614

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