Goodman v. Department of Corrections

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SKILLMAN, P.J.A.D.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether disciplinary charges against a public employee in the career service must be dismissed if the appointing authority fails to conduct a departmental hearing within the thirty-day period required by N.J.S.A. 11A:2-13. We conclude that this requirement is not jurisdictional and that an appointing authority may proceed with disciplinary charges even if it fails to conduct a departmental hearing within the statutorily mandated period.

On May 4, 2001, respondent Department of Corrections served…