Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:14-17.14

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The State Treasurer, the President of the Civil Service Commission and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury shall have authority to designate the classes of positions or individual positions to which the provisions of this act shall apply and may exclude from such designations any class of positions or individual positions where the conditions of employment and the nature of the duties performed or the difficulty of maintaining adequate time controls make it impracticable to establish a specific work week and to apply to such classes of positions or individual positions the provisions of this act; shall determine the eligibility of any employee or any class of employees in the State service to receive overtime compensation or compensatory time off in accordance with the provisions of this act; and shall promulgate such rules and regulations as, in their discretion, appear to be necessary in order to achieve an equitable application of the provisions of this act.

L.1951, c. 51, p. 401, s. 2. Amended by L.1966, c. 323, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1967; L.1968, c. 52, s. 2, eff. June 5, 1968.

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