N.J. Admin. Code § 4A:6-2.2A

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 8, April 15, 2024

Section 4A:6-2.2A - Law enforcement work schedule (4L): State service

(a) Job titles which meet all of the following criteria may be assigned an alternate work schedule consisting of a 28-day cycle, pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 207(k):

1. Employees are uniformed or plainclothes members of a body of officers and subordinates;

2. Employees are empowered by statute or local ordinance to enforce laws designed to maintain public peace and order, to protect life and property from accident or willful injury and to prevent and detect crimes;

3. Employees have the power to arrest; and

4. Employees have participated in a special course of instruction or study (or will undergo on-the-job training) which typically includes: self defense, physical training, firearm proficiency, criminal and civil law principles, investigative and law enforcement techniques, community relations, medical aid and ethics.

(b) Job titles which meet the criteria in (a) above and which are assigned such an alternate work schedule shall be designated 4L. All employees who meet the criteria are considered engaged in law enforcement activities regardless of their rank or their status as trainee, probationary or permanent employees.

1. The tour of duty within the 28 day cycle shall total at least 160 hours. At the discretion of the appointing authority, employees who work more than 160 hours may be compensated through either a provision for flexible work patterns or a grant of comparable amounts of time off to a maximum of one hour for each hour of such additional work time.

2. Within the 28 day cycle, employees can work a maximum of 171 hours. Employees may work more than 40 hours in a week without incurring overtime, so long as they do not work more than 171 hours within the 28 day cycle. Overtime begins on the 172nd hour.

3. Except for the special eligibility requirements set forth above, overtime compensation shall be paid in the same manner as employees in 40 hour workweek titles. See 4A:3-5.5(b).

N.J. Admin. Code § 4A:6-2.2A

New Rule, R.1997 d.483, effective 11/17/1997.
See: 29 New Jersey Register 3384(a), 29 New Jersey Register 4865(a).
Amended by R.2005 d.67, effective 2/22/2005.
See: 36 New Jersey Register 4569(a), 37 New Jersey Register 588(a).
In (a), substituted "may" for "shall" in the introductory paragraph; rewrote (b).