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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-7.7 Telework and alternative workweek programs

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-7.7, Telework and alternative workweek programs. Any appointing authority without an existing alternative workweek program (AWP) shall create one. Appointing authorities must allow employees who are eligib

Leaves, Hours of Work, and Employee Development · Telework Program: State Service

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

Any State appointing authority without an existing alternative workweek program has to create one. Employees eligible for both AWP and telework must be allowed to use both where that fits operational needs, but the appointing authority alone decides whether simultaneous participation is possible, and that decision is expressly not appealable. Where both apply, the employee works no more than one telework day in a week containing an AWP day, except in the emergent circumstances at N.J.A.C. 4A:6-7.5. Employees whose duties make telework impossible are not left with nothing: the appointing authority must permit participation in an alternative workweek or flexitime program where they are eligible and operations allow, under N.J.A.C. 4A:6-2.6 and 2.7. Those plans still go to the Chairperson for approval, and an agency without an approved plan submits one alongside its telework plan.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-7.7. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) Any appointing authority without an existing alternative workweek program (AWP) shall create one. Appointing authorities must allow employees who are eligible for both AWP and the telework program to avail themselves of both programs, so long as participation in both programs is consistent with the operational needs of the appointing authority. Appointing authorities shall have the sole discretion to determine if employees are eligible to simultaneously participate in the telework program and AWP. Such determination is not appealable. Employees deemed eligible to simultaneously participate in their appointing authority's telework program and AWP must maintain a schedule whereunder they work no more than one day of telework during the week they are using their AWP day, except as provided at N.J.A.C. 4A:6-7.5. #

(b) For employees who are ineligible for telework because of the nature of their job duties, appointing authorities shall permit employees to participate in an AWP and/or flexitime program if they are eligible and operational needs allow it. See N.J.A.C. 4A:6-2.6 and 2.7. #

1. All AWP and flexitime program plans must continue to be submitted for approval to the Chairperson, or designee, as they are in the normal course. If an appointing authority does not have an approved plan, or the existing plan is amended, the appointing authority must submit a plan to the Chairperson, or designee, in conjunction with the submission of the telework plan for approval. #

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