N.J. Admin. Code § 4A:3-4.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 4A:3-4.5 - Anniversary dates: State service

(a) An anniversary date is the biweekly pay period in which an employee is eligible, if warranted by performance and place in the salary range, for a salary increase.

1. An employee's anniversary date shall be assigned upon initial appointment to the first pay period following the completion of 26 full pay periods after appointment. In years which contain 27 pay periods, anniversary dates shall be determined in accordance with a schedule issued by the Civil Service Commission.

EXAMPLE: An employee is appointed to a position on Monday, August 17, 2016. The first full pay period following the date of appointment is pay period 19, which begins on August 20, 2016. The employee's anniversary date is pay period 18 in calendar year 2017, expressed as 18/17.

2. An employee who starts work on the first Tuesday of a pay period immediately following a Monday holiday or special day off shall be assigned the anniversary date of that pay period.

3. An employee at the eighth step of the range only becomes eligible for advancement to the ninth step, if warranted by performance, following the completion of 39 pay periods.

(b) A current employee's anniversary date may change as a result of an advancement pay adjustment. See 4A:3-4.9. If the anniversary date is advanced based on the date of adjustment, the new anniversary date is the first pay period following the completion of 26 full pay periods after the date of that adjustment.

1. An employee's anniversary date may also change as a result of time spent in non-pay status. See 4A:3-4.6.

(c) The anniversary date of a trainee, apprentice, recruit or intern shall change as the result of regular appointment to the primary title. See 4A:3-3.7. The new anniversary date shall be the pay period following completion of 26 full pay periods after the date of regular appointment to the primary title.

(d) Employees in intermittent titles shall receive initial and subsequent anniversary dates which correspond to the first pay period after completion of 1827 work hours (NL, NE, 35 and 3E titles) or 2088 work hours (40, 4E and N4 titles) in regular pay status. When an employee moves from an intermittent title, 80 hours of service in an intermittent title shall equal one pay period for 40, 4E and N4 titles and 70 hours of service in an intermittent title shall equal one pay period for NL, NE, 35 and 3E titles.

N.J. Admin. Code § 4A:3-4.5

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 1182(a), effective 5/15/2017