N.J. Admin. Code § 4A:6-1.19

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 4A:6-1.19 - Leave for jury duty: State service

(a) State employees in the career or senior executive service shall be granted leave with pay for the time required to attend jury duty that is scheduled during work hours. Time required for jury duty includes actual time spent in commuting.

(b) Employees who are required to attend jury duty during the work shift immediately preceding or following his or her scheduled work shift wholly within the same day shall be excused from the scheduled work shift. If the employee's scheduled work shift extends from one day to the next and does not immediately precede or follow the period during which an employee must attend jury duty, the employee shall choose and be granted leave from his or her work shift that is scheduled either before or after jury duty.

(c) Employees shall be granted up to their normal number of work hours in any one day to attend jury duty. Employees who do not work on a fixed workweek schedule may be granted up to eight hours' leave in any one work day.

(d) Employees shall submit to their appointing authority written verification of attendance signed by a representative of the court.

(e) Unclassified State employees may be granted such leave with or without pay at the discretion of the appointing authority.

N.J. Admin. Code § 4A:6-1.19