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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-7.8 Challenges to telework eligibility denial, revocation, or adjustment

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-7.8, Challenges to telework eligibility denial, revocation, or adjustment. An employee who is denied participation in the telework program, or who has their participation in the telework program revoked or adjusted, may challenge s

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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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Three routes, and no fourth. Where telework was sought or held as a reasonable accommodation, a denial, revocation or adjustment is challenged by a complaint to the appointing authority's Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Officer under N.J.A.C. 4A:7-3.2. Where the action is claimed to be an act of reprisal, the appeal procedures established for reprisal claims apply, at N.J.A.C. 4A:2-5.2. Everything else runs through the grievance procedures at N.J.A.C. 4A:2-3.3 through 3.7. The standard on that third route is the part worth knowing. Where an appeal over a denial, revocation or adjustment based on operational needs reaches the Civil Service Commission, the Commission must uphold the appointing authority's determination unless it finds that determination to be an abuse of discretion, and the other requirements of N.J.A.C. 4A:2-3.7 still have to be met.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-7.8. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

(a) An employee who is denied participation in the telework program, or who has their participation in the telework program revoked or adjusted, may challenge such actions only as follows: #

1. A denial of a request for telework as a reasonable accommodation, or a revocation or adjustment of telework as a reasonable accommodation, may be challenged by a complaint filed with an appointing authority's Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Officer. See N.J.A.C. 4A:7-3.2. #

2. A denial of a request for telework, or the revocation or adjustment of telework, claimed to be an act of reprisal may be challenged using the appeal procedures established for such claims. See N.J.S.A. 11A:2-24 and N.J.A.C. 4A:2-5.2. #

3. A denial of a request for telework, or the revocation or adjustment of telework, that does not implicate (a)1 or 2 above may only be challenged in accordance with grievance procedures specified at N.J.A.C. 4A:2-3.3 through 3.7. With respect to an appeal of a denial, revocation, or adjustment of telework based on operational needs filed with the Civil Service Commission (Commision) pursuant to N.J.A.C. 4A:2-3.7, the Commission must uphold the determination of the appointing authority unless it finds the appointing authority's determination to be an abuse of discretion. Appellants must meet all other criteria pursuant to N.J.A.C. 4A:2-3.7. #

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