New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 4A - CIVIL SERVICE
Chapter 3 - CLASSIFICATION, SERVICES, AND COMPENSATION
Subchapter 4 - COMPENSATION
Section 4A:3-4.14 - Movement of employees to trainee titles from titles having higher pay rates: State service

(a) Except as provided in (b) below, an employee with permanent status or with at least six months' continuous service may, at the option of the appointing authority, retain his or her current salary when appointed to a trainee title. The employee shall remain at his or her salary until the salary rate of the trainee title exceeds the employee's salary, the employee advances to the primary title after completing the training period, or the employee is advanced to a higher title. Upon advancement from the trainee title to the primary title, the employee's salary shall be determined by reconstructing the employee's salary as if the employee had continued to serve in his or her permanent title during the training period or by the normal advancement from a trainee to a primary title, whichever is greater.

(b) An employee in (a) above shall not be paid higher than the maximum step of the primary title.