N.J.S.A. 11A:6-21 Supplemental compensation; break in service
An employee who has incurred or shall incur a break in service as a result of separation due to layoff shall be credited with sick leave accrued both …
In plain language
Whether a gap in service costs you your accumulated sick leave depends on why the gap happened. Separation due to layoff is protected: the employee is credited with sick leave accrued both before the separation and after returning. Any other kind of break is treated differently, on the terms the section sets out. Being laid off is not the employee's doing, and this is one of several places in the title where that distinction carries a concrete consequence.
Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of this section. The statute itself is below, unabridged.
Current through the close of the 221st Legislature (L. 2025, c. 346). What that means
Enacted by L. 1986, c. 112. Never amended since.
A New Jersey statute changes only when the Legislature amends it, so a section untouched since its last amendment is settled rather than out of date.
Reviewed as of July 28, 2026. Official text: njleg.state.nj.us.
An employee who has incurred or shall incur a break in service as a result of separation due to layoff shall be credited with sick leave accrued both before separation and after return to employment. An employee incurring a break in service for any other type of separation shall have sick leave computed only from the date of return to employment.
Legislative history
Session laws, newest first
- L. 1986, c. 112Enacted
no effective date given