N.J. Admin. Code § 17:7-4.1

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 17:7-4.1 - Death or retirement of participant; notice

(a) The following employees shall be eligible and shall immediately enroll in the Alternate Benefit Program:

1. All full-time officers and all full-time members of the faculty of Rutgers, the State University; the New Jersey Institute of Technology; Rowan University; the State universities and colleges; the county colleges; and all regularly appointed teaching and administrative staff members in applicable positions, as determined by the Director of the Division;

2. Adjunct faculty members and part-time instructors of the faculty of Rutgers, the State University; the New Jersey Institute of Technology; Rowan University; the State universities and colleges; and the county colleges, who teach a minimum of one three-credit hour course for a full fall or spring semester.

i. Adjunct faculty and part-time instructors will be considered 10-month employees.

ii. Salary is reportable and service will be accrued for teaching only during the spring and fall semesters.

iii. Six months of service credit will be earned for teaching a minimum of one three-credit hour course for the full semester.

iv. Additional teaching responsibilities over the minimum under this paragraph during the spring or fall semester will be pensionable based on the salary earned during each full semester.

v. Teaching assignments outside of the spring or fall semester or below the minimum will not accrue ABP service credit and related salary is not pensionable; and

3. Under special provisions contained in P.L. 2012, c. 45, all ABP members employed by the former University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey on June 30, 2013, who are employees of University Hospital on July 1, 2013.

i. An employee who terminates employment with University Hospital for any reason and subsequently becomes reemployed by University Hospital will not be permitted to resume participation in the ABP.

ii. No employee of University Hospital hired on or after July 1, 2013, except those former employees of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey who were employed by University Hospital on July 1, 2013, shall be eligible to participate in the ABP.

N.J. Admin. Code § 17:7-4.1

Adopted by 47 N.J.R. 905(b), effective 5/4/2015.