New Jersey Civil Service Commission

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State of New Jersey
Civil Service Commission
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Agency overview
Formed1908
2008 (reestablished)
Preceding agency
  • New Jersey Department of Personnel
Jurisdiction New Jersey
Headquarters Trenton, New Jersey
Agency executive
  • Allison Chris Myers, Chair/CEO
Parent agency Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Website nj.gov/csc

The New Jersey Civil Service Commission is an independent body within the New Jersey state government under the auspices of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The commission existed from 1908 to 1986, being reestablished in 2008. [1]

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The commission interprets, amends and adopts rules regarding civil service employment in New Jersey. It hears and rules on appeals filed by state, county and municipal employees, employment candidates, and appointing authorities. It acts as an unbiased forum for appeals to be heard and fair, impartial decisions to be rendered. It is responsible for enforcing such decisions.

The Civil Service Commission is composed of is a five-member, bipartisan, public body with a full-time chairperson and four part-time members, each appointed to a four-year term by the Governor of New Jersey with the consent of the New Jersey Senate.

The position of Chair/Chief Executive Officer is a cabinet-level position.

History

Established in 1908, the Civil Service Commission's founding is rooted in the early 20th century Progressive movement, which had a goal of fighting corruption and inefficiency in government. Requiring that the commission make all appointment decisions "according to merit and fitness" was part of an effort to subvert a spoils system, and to have a civil service that had greater skill and specialization in addressing the state's work. [1]

The original 1908 law establishing the commission was amended numerous times before a 1930 law collected the previous laws and amendments, overhauling regulation of the civil service. With the adoption of the 1947 state constitution, "the new Department of Civil Service was established as one of the principal executive departments, with the Civil Service Commission continuing as a prime entity." [1]

Efforts in the 1970s to study the civil service system and improve it resulted in the 1986 Civil Service Act. The 1986 act was a major revision to the state civil service system, which included replacing the Department of Civil Service, Civil Service Commission, and President of the Commission with the New Jersey Department of Personnel, a bipartisan Merit System Board, and a Commissioner of Personnel. A 2008 revision of the 1986 act abolished the Department of Personnel, replacing it with the Civil Service Commission, "which is in, but independent of any supervision or control by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development." The Civil Service Commission assumed many of the roles of the Department of Personnel and Merit System Board. [1]

Christie administration

During much of the Christie administration, the Commission operated with three members or was unable to conduct business due to a lack of quorum. [2]

Membership

Former Members

Thelma Parkinson Sharp – Appointed as president by Governor Robert B. Meyner. 1959 to 1970. [3]

Robert M. Czech – Appointed as Acting Chair/CEO by Governor Chris Christie. February 22, 2010 [4] to February 2018.

Deirdré Webster Cobb, Esq. – Appointed as Acting Chair/CEO by Governor Phil Murphy. March/April 2018 [5] to January 1, 2023 [6]

Current Members

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Brief History". New Jersey Civil Service Commission. Archived from the original on June 2, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  2. ↑ Sherman, Ted (June 24, 2016). "New nominees named for long vacant N.J. Civil Service Commission". NJ.com . Advance Publications. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ Finding aid author: Fernanda Perrone (September 2015). " Thelma Parkinson Sharp Papers ". Prepared for the Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Chair/CEO Robert Czech receives career honor from NJ League of Municipalities" (Press release). Atlantic City: New Jersey Civil Service Commission. November 21, 2013. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Governor Murphy Appoints Cabinet Members to Lead the Department of Higher Education, Motor Vehicle Commission, and Civil Service Commission" (Press release). New Jersey Office of the Governor. February 20, 2018. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Governor Murphy to Name Allison Chris Myers as Acting Chair/CEO of Civil Service Commission" (Press release). Trenton: New Jersey Office of the Governor. December 5, 2022. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  7. ↑ https://www.nj.gov/csc/about/chair/
  8. ↑ https://www.nj.gov/csc/about/chair/
  9. ↑ https://www.nj.gov/csc/about/chair/
  10. ↑ https://www.nj.gov/csc/about/chair/
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