MERIT SYSTEM EXAMINATIONS. A. Employees who are scheduled to take open competitive examinations for the positions in which they are provisional or promotional examinations administered by the Civil Service Commission of the State of New Jersey for positions in the State service shall be granted time off with regular pay to take such examinations and for travel time to the extent they are scheduled during the actual work shift of the employee. B. Additionally, employees in the noncompetitive service who are scheduled by the Civil Service Commission of the State of New Jersey to take open competitive examinations for the next higher title in their work unit which is in the competitive division of the career service shall be granted time off with regular pay to take such examinations and for travel time to the extent they are scheduled during the actual work shift of the employee. C. Disputes as to which is the next higher title in the work unit are grievable only as an Article 7, A.2. grievance (non-contractual). D. When an employee has been certified for promotion and is scheduled to be interviewed by the agency to which he may be promoted, he shall suffer no loss of regular pay to attend the scheduled interview including travel time to the extent it occurs during his actual work shift. E. The above privileges will not be abused. F. This Article does not apply to employees in the unclassified service.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
