N.J. Admin. Code § 4A:4-4.8 : CIVIL SERVICE — SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT — CERTIFICATION FROM ELIGIBLE LISTS —4.8 - Disposition of a certification

(a) Upon receipt of a certification, an appointing authority shall take whichever of the following actions is appropriate when a permanent appointment is to be made:

1. Appoint the eligible whose name has been certified from the special reemployment list;

2. Appoint the eligible whose name has been certified from regular or police, sheriff's officer, or fire reemployment lists; or

3. Appoint one of the top three interested eligibles (rule of three) from an open competitive or promotional list, provided that:

i. Disabled veterans and then veterans shall be appointed in their order of ranking from an open competitive list;

ii. If the eligible who ranks first on a promotional list is a veteran, then a non-veteran may not be appointed; and

iii. See 4A:4-2.1 5(i) for tie scores.

(b) The appointing authority shall notify the Civil Service Commission of the disposition of the certification by the disposition due date in the manner prescribed by the Chairperson or designee. The disposition due date may be extended beyond the expiration date of the eligible list to fill current vacancies. Under no circumstances shall a disposition due date be extended beyond the expiration date of the eligible list when vacancies do not exist. An anticipated vacancy shall not be considered the same as an existing vacancy. The report of disposition of the certification shall include:

1. Name of the eligibles to be permanently appointed;

2. The effective date of the requested permanent appointments;

3. In local service, the appointee's salary;

4. In situations where an appropriate list is used, the title and functions of the appointee's employment;

5. In the case of an appointment to the title of Municipal Court Administrator or Deputy Municipal Court Administrator, verification that the assignment judge of the vicinage has approved the appointment; and

6. Any other requested information.

(c) Failure to dispose by the due date may result in constructive appointment or other remedial action as set forth in N.J.A.C. 4A:10-2.

(d) If the certification will result in the displacement of a provisional employee who has permanent status, and it is necessary to institute layoff procedures, the Chairperson or designee may, upon written request from the appointing authority, extend the time for disposing of the certification for an additional 45 days. See N.J.A.C. 4A:8 for layoff procedures.

(e) See 4A:10-2.2 for penalties for failure to appoint from a complete certification.

N.J. Admin. Code § 4A:4-4.8

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 2239(a), effective 7/17/2017