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N.J.S.A. 11A:3 Classification, Services and Compensation of Employees

How a job is classified, and what that classification costs or protects. This chapter creates the three services: career, senior executive, and unclassified. It gives the Commission the job of maintaining classification plans and publishing a specification for every title, which are the documents th

N.J.S.A. Title 11A, Civil Service

How a job is classified, and what that classification costs or protects. This chapter creates the three services: career, senior executive, and unclassified. It gives the Commission the job of maintaining classification plans and publishing a specification for every title, which are the documents this site indexes. Two sections carry more weight here than anywhere else in the statute. 11A:3-4 lists the twelve categories of State unclassified title, and 11A:3-5 does the same for counties, municipalities and school districts. Between them they are cited by 145 job specifications on this site, because a title in either list sits outside Title 11A unless a provision says otherwise, which means no examination requirement, no tenure protection, and no appeal rights. The chapter also carries the six-month prohibition on moving titles or people into the noncompetitive division before a Governor's term ends, and the requirement of a public hearing before a title leaves the career service.

  • N.J.S.A. 11A:3-1 Classification
    The Civil Service Commission shall assign and reassign titles among the career service, senior executive service and unclassified service. The commission shall...
  • N.J.S.A. 11A:3-2 Career service
    The career service shall have two divisions, the competitive division and the noncompetitive division. The commission shall assign and reassign such titles...
  • N.J.S.A. 11A:3-2.1 Findings, declarations
    The Legislature finds and declares that: a. the importance of fairness and impartiality in State employment is recognized in Article VII, Section...
  • N.J.S.A. 11A:3-2.2 Certain transfers, appointments prohibited
    No title shall be transferred from the State unclassified service or the senior executive service to the noncompetitive division of the career...
  • N.J.S.A. 11A:3-3 Senior executive service
    A senior executive service shall be established in State government and include those positions having substantial managerial, policy influencing or policy executing...
  • N.J.S.A. 11A:3-4 State unclassified service
    The State unclassified service shall not be subject to the provisions of this title unless otherwise specified and shall include the following...
  • N.J.S.A. 11A:3-4.1 Rules, regulations concerning recordkeeping, record retention
    a. The Civil Service Commission, in consultation with the Bureau of Records Management in the Department of the Treasury and in accordance...
  • N.J.S.A. 11A:3-5 Political subdivision unclassified service.
    The political subdivision unclassified service shall not be subject to the provisions of this title unless otherwise specified and shall include the...
  • N.J.S.A. 11A:3-6 Public hearing required when moving title from career to unclassified service
    Whenever the Civil Service Commission considers moving a title from the career service to the unclassified service, the Civil Service Commission shall...
  • N.J.S.A. 11A:3-7 Employee compensation
    a. The commission shall administer an equitable State employee compensation plan which shall include pay schedules and standards and procedures for salary...
  • N.J.S.A. 11A:3-8 Payroll audits
    The commission may audit State payrolls and the payrolls of political subdivisions to determine compliance with this title. The commission may order...

The rules that carry Title 11A out are N.J.A.C. Title 4A. See which rule implements which section.