Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that specifies that the Job Banding Rule is not consistent with the legislative intent expressed in the Civil Service Act.

Highlights:

• Specifies that the “Job Banding Rule”, as adopted by the Civil Service Commission on May 7, 2014, which would describe the consolidation of a grouping of job titles or title series into a single band, is not consistent with the legislative intent of the Legislature as expressed in the language of the Civil Service Act (Sec. 6).

• Specifies that the Rule is contrary to “the spirit, intent, and plain meaning” of the provision in the New Jersey Constitution that requires promotions be based on merit and fitness to be ascertained by competitive examination (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the Civil Service Commission shall have 30 days following transmittal of this resolution to amend or withdraw the Rule (Sec. 9).

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that specifies that the Job Banding Rule is not consistent with the legislative intent expressed in the Civil Service Act.

Highlights:

• Specifies that the “Job Banding Rule”, as adopted by the Civil Service Commission on May 7, 2014, which would describe the consolidation of a grouping of job titles or title series into a single band, is not consistent with the legislative intent of the Legislature as expressed in the language of the Civil Service Act (Sec. 6).

• Specifies that the Rule is contrary to “the spirit, intent, and plain meaning” of the provision in the New Jersey Constitution that requires promotions be based on merit and fitness to be ascertained by competitive examination (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the Civil Service Commission shall have 30 days following transmittal of this resolution to amend or withdraw the Rule (Sec. 9).

Full Bill Text