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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-6.8 Service Recognition Program: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-6.8, Service Recognition Program: State service. Recognition for length of service shall be given to all employees upon completion of each five years of employment. 1. Service shall include employment in t Full text with 1 recorded amendment.

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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

Recognition arrives at every five years of employment, for all State employees, whatever their type of appointment. Service counts across the career, senior executive and unclassified service and across regular, provisional, temporary and part-time capacities, with part-time service prorated, and years are computed the same way they are for annual vacation leave under N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.2. A separate retirement award goes to anyone retiring from a State-administered pension system whatever their length of service, once only. Each agency works out who is eligible and reviews personnel records before the close of the fiscal year, with any dispute about eligible service referred to the Committee. The award itself may be a letter of commendation, certificate, citation, plaque, medal, gift item or whatever else the Committee determines, and ceremonies are the department's job, held at least yearly.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-6.8. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) Recognition for length of service shall be given to all employees upon completion of each five years of employment. #

1. Service shall include employment in the career, senior executive or unclassified service in either a regular, provisional, temporary or part-time capacity (part-time service shall be prorated). #

2. Years of employment shall be determined in the same manner used to compute annual vacation leave. See N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.2. #

3. Any dispute or question regarding eligible service shall be referred to the Committee for resolution. #

4. It shall be the responsibility of each agency to determine the employees eligible for length of service recognition. #

(b) Retirement awards shall be given at the time of retirement to all those who have retired from any pension system administered by the State, regardless of the amount of service time. Only one retirement award will be presented to any employee. #

1. Any dispute or question regarding eligible service shall be referred to the Committee for resolution. #

2. It shall be the responsibility of each agency to determine the employees eligible for retirement awards. #

(c) Each department shall review personnel records prior to the close of the fiscal year to determine employees who will be eligible for length of service and/or retirement recognition. Presentation ceremonies shall be the responsibility of each department and shall be conducted at least on a yearly basis. #

(d) Length of service and retirement recognition may consist of letters of commendation, certificates, citations, plaques, medals, gift items, or such other awards as the Committee shall determine. #

Amendment history

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

  1. AmendedR.1998 d.58

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