N.J.S.A. 11A:4-12 Priority of lists
When more than one list exists, the priority of lists shall be as follows: a. Special reemployment when the available position is in the department fr…
Current through the close of the 221st Legislature (L. 2025, c. 346). What that means
Reviewed as of July 28, 2026. Official text: njleg.state.nj.us.
In plain language
Where two or more lists could fill the same job, this is the queue. Special reemployment comes first when the position is in the department the eligible was laid off or demoted from. Promotional is second. Special reemployment for a position in a different department is third. Regular, police and fire reemployment come next, together. Open competitive is last. Someone laid off from the department with the vacancy therefore outranks everyone, including the internal candidates who would otherwise have had it.
Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of this section. The statute itself is below, unabridged.
When more than one list exists, the priority of lists shall be as follows:
a.Special reemployment when the available position is in the department from which the eligible was laid off or demoted in lieu of layoff;#
b.Promotional;#
c.Special reemployment when the available position is located in a department other than that from which the eligible was laid off or demoted;#
d.Regular reemployment, police reemployment or fire reemployment; and#
e.Open competitive.#
Enacted by L. 1986, c. 112, effective September 25, 1986. Never amended since.
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Legislative history
Session laws, newest first
- L. 1986, c. 112Enacted
effective September 25, 1986
How this section has been applied
1 reported decision cites this section. Citations only: the summaries in the source are the publisher's own writing, and where we describe a case we write it from the decision itself.
Appellate Division 1
- Klawitter v. City of Trenton395 N.J. Super. 302, 928 A.2d 900