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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-2.1 General provisions

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-2.1, General provisions. In local service, appointing authorities, subject to applicable negotiations requirements, may establish the hours of work. (b) In State service, this subch Full text with 4 citing decisions.

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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

Local appointing authorities set their own hours of work, subject to whatever negotiations requirements apply. State service is where the detail sits. This subchapter reaches every State employee in the career, senior executive and unclassified service, and the number of hours making up the normal workweek for each job title is stated in the State compensation plan rather than settled agency by agency. What the subchapter does not do is govern pay. Overtime and holiday pay procedures for State service are at N.J.A.C. 4A:3-5.1 and following, which is where a question about being paid for extra hours actually goes.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-2.1. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) In local service, appointing authorities, subject to applicable negotiations requirements, may establish the hours of work. #

(b) In State service, this subchapter applies to all employees in the career, senior executive or unclassified service. #

1. The number of hours comprising the normal workweek for each job title shall be indicated in the State compensation plan. #

2. For State overtime and holiday pay procedures, see N.J.A.C. 4A:3-5.1 et seq. #

How this rule has been applied

4 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:6-2.1. 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.

New Jersey Supreme Court (2)
  • In re IFPTE Local 195 v. State88 N.J. 393; 443 A.2d 1871982
  • 66 N.J. 330; 331 A.2d 30
Appellate Division (1)
  • 118 N.J.Super. 583; 289 A.2d 537
Civil Service Commission final determinations (1)
  • In re Gould, Atlantic Cnty., CSC Dkt. No. 2015-1452015 N.J. CSC LEXIS 371

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