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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-2.3 Non-limited (NL, NE or N4) job titles: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-2.3, Non-limited (NL, NE or N4) job titles: State service. Titles in the following categories shall be assigned a non-limited workweek: 1. Titles in which employees have direct or delegated responsibility for the ma Full text with 1 citing decision, cited by 2 other rules.

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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

Irregular hours, by design. A non-limited title in State service is one with irregular or variable work hours, and five categories are assigned one: titles carrying direct or delegated responsibility for managing a State governmental unit or a professional level program, including deputies and staff administrative titles at management levels; non-management titles that miss any of the fixed workweek criteria at N.J.A.C. 4A:6-2.2; sworn unclassified State Police employees; military titles in the Department of Defense supporting National Guard units; and titles whose schedules swing considerably between a prime and a slack season. Three designations follow. NL means at least a 35 hour week with occasional longer weeks to finish projects or assignments, N4 means the same thing starting at 40 hours, and NE marks non-limited titles that are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-2.3. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) Titles in the following categories shall be assigned a non-limited workweek: #

1. Titles in which employees have direct or delegated responsibility for the management of a State governmental unit or a professional level program, including deputies, assistants and staff administrative titles at management levels who are authorized to assume many of the functions performed by their supervisor. This category could include supervisory professional titles above the level of crew leader and clerical supervisor; #

2. Non-management titles which do not meet all of the criteria for a fixed workweek set forth in N.J.A.C. 4A:6-2.2(a); #

3. Sworn unclassified employees of the State police; #

4. Military titles in the Department of Defense in which employees are required to be on duty in support of National Guard units; and #

5. Titles in which schedules of work vary considerably between a prime and a slack work season. #

(b) Non-limited titles are those titles having irregular or variable work hours. Such titles shall be designated as follows: #

1. Non-limited (NL) titles are those titles in which employees work at least a 35 hour workweek with occasional requirements for a longer workweek to complete projects or assignments. #

2. Non-limited, 40 hour (N4) titles are those in which employees work at least a 40-hour workweek with occasional requirements for a longer workweek to complete projects or assignments. #

3. Non-limited, non-exempt (NE) titles are those titles which are subject to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq. #

How this rule has been applied

1 decision has cited N.J.A.C. 4A:6-2.3. 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 Rowell, Dep't of Health, CSC Docket No. 2015-22172015 N.J. CSC LEXIS 201Docket 2015-2217

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