1Trenton, NJ – A new proposal in the New Jersey Assembly would allow municipalities, counties, school districts, and other local government entities to opt out of the state’s civil service system.

Assembly Bill 6048, introduced by Assemblyman David Bailey, Jr. (D–Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem), would give local governing bodies the authority to rescind their prior adoption of Title 11A, Civil Service , which governs merit-based hiring and employment protections for public workers.

Under current law, once a municipality or county adopts civil service, withdrawing from the system is extremely difficult and not explicitly permitted. Bailey’s bill would create a formal process for rescission through a local ordinance, resolution, or referendum , depending on the governing body’s s

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