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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-3.4 SCOR procedures: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-3.4, SCOR procedures: State service. An employee may file an application form DPF-279, within one year of the effective date of retirement, requesting supplemental compensation after receiving Full text with 1 recorded amendment, 11 citing decisions, 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

Form DPF-279, filed within one year of the effective date of retirement, and only after the official notice of retirement approval has come from the pension board or authority. The appointing authority cannot process the application until it holds the employer's copy of that notice, and if it does not have one it must tell the employee so within 45 days of receiving the application. Once both are in hand it has 45 days to send the Commission a personnel action request certifying the days of unused sick leave and the amount payable, a copy of the retirement approval, and the completed form. The Chairperson checks the request against the eligibility criteria at N.J.A.C. 4A:6-3.1, and a disapproval comes with written reasons and notice of the right to appeal to the Commission. Payment runs through normal payroll, is withheld if the retirement is canceled, goes to the estate if the employee dies after retiring, and affects no other pension benefit.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-3.4. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) An employee may file an application form DPF-279, within one year of the effective date of retirement, requesting supplemental compensation after receiving a copy of the official notice of retirement approval issued by the appropriate pension board or authority. #

(b) The appointing authority shall not process the SCOR application form until it has received the employer's copy of the notice of the retirement approval. If the appointing authority has not received the employer's copy of the notice of retirement approval, it shall, within 45 days after receipt of the employee's application form DPF-279, notify the employee accordingly. #

(c) After receipt of the notice of retirement approval and SCOR application, the appointing authority shall forward to the Civil Service Commission within 45 days: #

1. A personnel action request certifying the number of days of earned and unused accumulated sick leave and the amount of SCOR to be paid; #

2. A copy of the notice of retirement approval; and #

3. Completed application form DPF-279. #

(d) The Chairperson or designee shall review the request to ensure that eligibility criteria as set forth in N.J.A.C. 4A:6-3.1 have been met. #

1. If eligibility criteria have been met, the request shall be approved. #

2. If eligibility criteria have not been met, the request shall be disapproved and the employee shall be provided written notice of the reasons for disapproval and the right to appeal to the Civil Service Commission. #

(e) Following approval of the SCOR application, payment shall be made by the appointing authority in accordance with established payroll procedures. The appointing authority shall be responsible for withholding payment should the employee cancel the retirement. #

(f) In the event of an employee's death after the effective date of retirement but before payment of SCOR is made, payment shall be made to the employee's estate. #

(g) Payment of SCOR shall in no way affect any pension or retirement benefits for which a retired employee is eligible under any other program. #

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.

  1. AmendedR.2016 d.171
    48 N.J.R. 5(a); 48 N.J.R. 2775(b)

How this rule has been applied

11 decisions have cited N.J.A.C. 4A:6-3.4. 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 (11)

Commission decisions citing 4A:6-3.4

7 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 cite this section (granted 6, denied 1, as the minutes record the outcome). The newest:

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