N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 4. or lateness. N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . A1:Unsatisfactory attendance. A9: Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse. C8: Falsification: intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work, employment application, attendance, or in any record, report, investigation, or other proceeding. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Montalto for 15 days in 2024. On February 20 and 21, 2024, Montalto refused to work a mandatory overtime shift, stating he had Family Leave and Medical Act time, but he had not enacted his FMLA time within the proper timeframe and could not use it for those dates. He later called out sick and requested FMLA time he did not have, without providing documentation within the allotted period. Montalto signed a settlement agreement that included a removal charge on May 21, 2024.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On February 20 and 21, 2024 Officer Montalto refused to work a mandatory overtime shift stating he has Family Leave and Medical Act time. Officer Montalto failed to enact his FMLA time within the proper timeframe and therefore was unable to utilize it for the dates requested. Furthermore, on February 25, 2025 Officer Montalto called out sick and requested to use FMLA time which he did not have and Officer Montalto failed to provide any documentation to excuse his absence within the allotted time period. Officer Montalto signed a settlement agreement that combined several sanctions for this matter including a removal charge on May 21, 2024.
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1361. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214111, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩