N.J.S.A. 11A:8 Employee Layoffs
Four sections, and they decide who keeps a job when positions are cut. 11A:8-1 sets out what a layoff is and makes it inapplicable to employees on certain military leave. 11A:8-2 requires pre-layoff actions, including the notice period. 11A:8-3 requires that alternatives to layoff be considered, whi
Four sections, and they decide who keeps a job when positions are cut. 11A:8-1 sets out what a layoff is and makes it inapplicable to employees on certain military leave. 11A:8-2 requires pre-layoff actions, including the notice period. 11A:8-3 requires that alternatives to layoff be considered, which is where voluntary furlough, reduced hours and demotion in lieu of layoff come from. 11A:8-4 is the right of appeal. The chapter is short and the detail lives in the rules, at N.J.A.C. 4A:8, which is adopted under these four sections plus the Commission's general powers. Seniority, the thing most layoff questions actually turn on, is worked out under those rules rather than here.
Lines in italics are the section’s own opening words.
- 11A:8-1 Layoff; inapplicable to those on certain military leaveSummaryGuide15 citing decisions
a. A permanent employee may be laid off for economy, efficiency or other related reason. A permanent employee shall receive 45 days’...
- 11A:8-2 Pre-layoff actionsSummary
a. An appointing authority shall lessen the possibility, extent or impact of layoffs by implementing pre-layoff actions, which may include but need...
The commission, in consultation with the advisory committee established pursuant to subsection m. of N.J.S.11A:2-11, may adopt rules on voluntary reduced work...
- 11A:8-4 AppealsSummaryGuide
A permanent employee who is laid off or demoted in lieu of layoff shall have a right to appeal the good faith...