Blinn v. Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ALLCORN, P. J. A. D.

We are convinced that the grant of a leave of absence to a state employee does not terminate the employment relationship between the state and the employee and that, during the term of such leave of absence, the employment relationship continues—albeit in an inactive status. The phrase “leave of absence” itself “connotes a continuity of the employment status,” Roche v. Board of Review, 156 N.J.Super. 63, 65 (App.Div.1978); Bowers v. American Bridge Co., 43 N.J.Super. 48 (App.Div.1956), aff’d o. b. 24 N.J. 390 (1957); N.J.A.C.…