N.J. Admin. Code § 4A:6-1.9

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

Section 4A:6-1.9 - Administrative leave: State service

(a) Full-time State employees in the career and senior executive service and those employees of Rutgers, the State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey who perform services similar to those performed by employees of the New Jersey State Colleges who are in the career service shall be granted three days of administrative leave in each calendar year for personal business, including emergencies and religious observances.

1. Priority in granting such leave requests shall be:

i. Emergencies;

ii. Religious holidays;

iii. Personal matters.

2. Employees hired during the calendar year shall be granted one-half day of administrative leave for each full calendar month of employment up to a maximum of three days' leave for the remainder of the calendar year. Thereafter, administrative leave shall be credited at the beginning of each calendar year.

3. Administrative leave may be granted and shall be recorded and tracked in hours. See 4A:6-1.5(f) for adjustments in the administrative leave entitlement when an employee's workweek changes.

(b) Unclassified employees may be granted up to three days of administrative leave in each calendar year, at the discretion of the appointing authority.

(c) Part-time employees shall be entitled to a proportionate amount of paid administrative leave. See 4A:3-3.8(e) for paid administrative leave to which employees in intermittent titles are entitled.

(d) Use of administrative leave must be approved by the appointing authority and cannot be unreasonably denied.

(e) Administrative leave that is not used during the calendar year shall be forfeited. An employee who leaves State service shall not be required to reimburse the State for days already used.

1. An employee leaving State service due to an intergovernmental transfer pursuant to 4A:4-7.1A shall not receive compensation based on any unused administrative leave, nor shall the administrative leave be transferrable.

(f) Administrative leave may be taken in conjunction with other types of paid leave.

N.J. Admin. Code § 4A:6-1.9

Amended by R.1990 d.48, effective 1/16/1990.
See: 21 N.J.R. 3337(a), 22 N.J.R. 166(b).
In (c): revised text to include citation to N.J.A.C. 4A:3-3.8(e).
Amended by R.1993 d.47, effective 1/19/1993.
See: 24 N.J.R. 3590(a), 25 N.J.R. 293(a).
Revised (a)3.
Amended by R.1999 d.346, effective 10/4/1999.
See: 31 N.J.R. 1553(a), 31 N.J.R. 2877(a).
In (a)3., added the second sentence.
Amended by R.2001 d.420, effective 11/19/2001.
See: 33 N.J.R. 2567(a), 33 N.J.R. 3895(b).
In (e), added 1.