N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.10
Back pay, benefits and seniority
AnalysisPlain-language summary (this site, from the cited section only)
When a penalty is reversed, the Commission awards back pay, benefits, seniority, or restitution of a fine, and it may award them when a penalty is modified. Back pay covers unpaid salary, increments, and across-the-board adjustments, and it is reduced by other earnings and by amounts normally withheld. An employee who was out of work has to have made reasonable efforts to find suitable employment.
Key points, as written in the regulation[1]
- Where a disciplinary penalty has been reversed, the Commission shall award back pay, benefits, seniority or restitution of a fine.
- Back pay shall include unpaid salary, including regular wages, overlap shift time, increments and
- an award of back pay, benefits and seniority shall be calculated from the effective date of the appointing authority's improper action to the date of the employee's actual
Related in NJCSNavigator
- NJ civil service salary schedules Back pay is calculated against the classified salary schedule and step increments NJCSNavigator's salary lookup covers.
Regulation text current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 12, June 15, 2026. Retrieved 2026-07-04. This is a plain-language guide to the rule, not legal advice.
Sources
- [1]N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.10. New Jersey Office of Administrative Law (N.J.A.C.). Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 12, June 15, 2026. Retrieved 2026-07-04. ↩