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N.J.S.A. 11A:6-5 Sick leave

Full-time State and political subdivision employees shall receive a sick leave credit of no less than one working day for each completed month of serv… Implemented by a rule in N.J.A.C. Title 4A.

Title 11A · Chapter 6. Employee Leaves, Work Hours, and Career Development · Article 1

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

Sick leave is the one entitlement in this chapter that does not split by employer. Full-time State and political subdivision employees alike get no less than one working day for each completed month during the rest of their first calendar year, and 15 working days every year after. Unused sick leave accumulates without limit, which is the provision the entire supplemental compensation scheme later in this chapter depends on.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of this section. The statute itself is below, unabridged.

Full-time State and political subdivision employees shall receive a sick leave credit of no less than one working day for each completed month of service during the remainder of the first calendar year of service and 15 working days in every year thereafter. Unused sick leave shall accumulate without limit.

Enacted by L. 1986, c. 112. Never amended since.

An old amendment date alone does not mean a provision is obsolete. This mirror reflects the source watermark above; later laws and decisions can affect how the text applies.

The rules that implement this section

A statute sets the framework and the Civil Service Commission’s rules fill in the detail. Where a question turns on procedure, the rule usually governs; where it turns on who is covered or what the Commission may do, the statute does.

Legislative history

Session laws, newest first

  1. L. 1986, c. 112Enacted
    no effective date given

How this section has been applied

5 reported decisions cite 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.

New Jersey Supreme Court 1
  • Fantl v. Newark11 N.J. 429, 94 A.2d 831
Appellate Division 2
  • Professional Asso., State Dep't of Education v. Commissioner of Education132 N.J. Super. 338, 333 A.2d 566
  • Appleby v. State Civil Service Com.190 N.J. Super. 249, 463 A.2d 346
Superior Court 2
  • Camden v. Dicks135 N.J. Super. 559, 343 A.2d 808
  • Fantl v. Newark21 N.J. Super. 489, 91 A.2d 445

Commission decisions resting on 11A:6-5

12 decisions of the Civil Service Commission since January 16, 2019 rest on this section: 12 cite it directly. The newest:

Search the 12 decisions citing 11A:6-5 directly