CHAPTER 284 - STATE HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM

NAC 284.180 Rate of pay: Nonclassified or unclassified employees or other certain employees appointed to classified service. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a nonclassified or unclassified employee or an employee included in the…

NAC 284.182 Adjustment and retention of pay progression date; restoration of date of appointment and pay progression date. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.290, 284.300) 1. An employee receives a new pay progression date if he or she is: (a) Promoted to a position that results…

NAC 284.186 Date of promotion coinciding with pay progression date. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) If the date of an eligible employee’s promotion coincides with his or her pay progression date, the merit pay increase must be granted first and the promotional increase must be ap…

NAC 284.194 Merit pay increase: Granting or withholding; delay because of administrative or clerical error. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.335) 1. An employee whose last rating of performance was standard or better and who has not attained the top step of his or her grade mu…

NAC 284.196 Merit pay increase: Credit for service under certain circumstances. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. Service in any provisional, temporary, special disabled or emergency status that is immediately followed by probationary or permanent status must be credited toward …

NAC 284.204 Adjustment of steps within same grade: Conditions for approval; request; effective date; revocation. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2, the Division of Human Resource Management may approve an adjustment of steps within the s…

NAC 284.206 Special adjustments to pay: Conditions for approval; request; effective date; revocation. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.340, 284.384) 1. The Division of Human Resource Management may approve a special adjustment to the pay of an employee pursuant to this section…

NAC 284.208 Compensation for dangerous duty. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, only the following groups, under the conditions described, are entitled to receive pay for dangerous duty: (a) Employees engaged in scuba or skin diving. …

NAC 284.210 Differential rate of pay for qualifying shift. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. As used in this section: (a) “Differential rate of pay” means an adjustment in pay equivalent to an additional 5 percent of an employee’s normal rate of pay. (b) “Qualifying shift” means…

NAC 284.214 Compensation for being called back to work; compensation for person required to appear as witness. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee must be paid 2 hours of call back pay at the rate of time and one-half of hi…

NAC 284.218 Compensation for standby status. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. A nonexempt employee in the classified service of the State is on standby status when he or she is: (a) Directed to remain available for notification to work during specified hours; (b) Prepared to wo…

NAC 284.220 Change of time to or from daylight saving time. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. An employee, other than an exempt classified employee or exempt unclassified employee, who loses an hour of work during his or her scheduled shift because of a change of time to dayligh…

NAC 284.228 Shift trading: Agreement; responsibilities. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.345) 1. An employee may enter into a written agreement to trade shifts with another employee who is employed by the same state agency if each employee who enters into the agreement: (a) Do…

NAC 284.242 Overtime: Authorization. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. If a nonexempt employee is required to work overtime, the overtime must be authorized pursuant to subsection 10 of NRS 284.180 and communicated to the employee at least 4 hours in advance by the responsible s…

NAC 284.245 Overtime: Consideration of paid-leave status in calculation. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) Paid-leave status is considered as time worked in calculating overtime. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84)

NAC 284.248 Overtime: Employee who works in two positions; exceptions. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a nonexempt employee who works in two positions in one department or different departments must work or be in paid status in exc…

NAC 284.250 Overtime: Compensation. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the method of compensating an employee for overtime is cash payment which is computed at the rate of time and one-half of the employee’s normal rate of pay as requ…

NAC 284.2508 Compensatory time: Use. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.345, 608.0198) 1. At the direction of the appointing authority, compensatory time must be used within a reasonable time after it is accrued. 2. Unless it would cause an undue hardship to the agency, a reques…

NAC 284.252 Compensatory time: Request for payment for certain portions. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee who has accrued more than 60 hours of compensatory time may request, in writing, payment in cash for the amount of…

NAC 284.253 Compensatory time: Rate of pay. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee who terminates his or her employment must be paid for compensatory time at a rate that is an average of the normal rate of pay received by the …

NAC 284.2535 Compensatory time: Firefighters. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.180) 1. A firefighter who works a 24-hour shift and who elects to receive compensatory time off for the overtime he or she works is entitled to accrue 2.1 hours of compensatory time for each hour of…

NAC 284.254 Compensatory time: Payment upon transfer. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a nonexempt employee who has accrued compensatory time transfers from a position under the jurisdiction of one appointing authority to a posit…

NAC 284.255 Holidays: Holiday pay. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.180, 284.345) 1. For the purpose of this section, “holiday pay” means payment for a holiday at a nonexempt employee’s normal rate of pay plus the differential rate of pay for the shift, when applicable, or com…

NAC 284.256 Holidays: Compensation for working. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.180) 1. As used in this section, “holiday premium pay” means pay or compensatory time at an employee’s normal rate of pay for hours designated as worked on a holiday, except those hours that are c…

NAC 284.257 Holidays: Designation of time for holiday pay; adjustment of work schedule if holiday occurs on employee’s day off. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. For compensation for holiday pay pursuant to NAC 284.255 and payment for actual hours worked on a holiday pursuant to…

NAC 284.258 Compensation for time spent traveling. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. An employee who is otherwise entitled to pay for overtime may earn overtime for traveling if: (a) His or her actual work time and the travel time exceed his or her normal workday of at least 8 h…

NAC 284.290 Retained rates of pay. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. An employee who is reclassified downward is entitled to a retained rate of pay if: (a) The employee has been in the same class for the equivalent of 6 months or more of full-time employment immediately precedin…

NAC 284.292 Notification of uncollected overpayment. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) If the Division of Human Resource Management determines that an employee in the classified or unclassified service has been paid in a manner which is contrary to the applicable laws and regulatio…

NAC 284.294 Reimbursement for furnishing own tools. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175) 1. An employee who is required to furnish his or her own tools may elect to be reimbursed for the use, loss, theft and breakage of the tools at the rate of $35 per month if the monetary value of t…

NAC 284.295 Determining type of recruitment. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.295) 1. The Division of Human Resource Management will determine the type of recruitment based on: (a) The number of current or anticipated vacancies; (b) The anticipated number of applicants; and (c) The rec…

NAC 284.297 Considerations regarding determination to expand recruitment to open competition. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.295) In determining that it is in the best interest of the agency to expand a recruitment to open competition, the appointing authority shall consider: 1. The …

NAC 284.2975 Designation of class for which applicants for promotion are not normally available. (NRS 284.065, 284.250, 284.295) For the purposes of NAC 284.295, 284.360 and 284.367, a class may be designated in the classification plan as a class for which applicants for promotio…

NAC 284.301 Length of recruitment. (NRS 284.065, 284.155) 1. The Division of Human Resource Management will, after appropriate consideration of a requesting agency’s views, determine the length of the recruitment based upon, but not limited to, the number of vacancies and the siz…

NAC 284.305 Continuous recruitment. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.205, 284.250) 1. The Division of Human Resource Management may conduct recruitments and administer examinations in order to provide the names of eligible persons on a continuous basis. 2. An applicant achieves eligibi…

NAC 284.309 Notice of recruitment: Publicized job announcement. (NRS 284.065, 284.155) 1. Notice of each recruitment will be given in the form of a publicized job announcement. Dissemination of the publicized job announcement may be limited to the appropriate agencies and employe…

NAC 284.313 Limitation of competition in recruitment; applications. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.295) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, competition in a recruitment is limited to applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and other criteria or conditions for t…

NAC 284.317 Investigations of applicants; minimum age requirement. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.295) 1. To determine whether an applicant meets the minimum qualifications established for the class or position and other necessary criteria, the Division of Human Resource Management m…

NAC 284.325 Preferences for veterans: Declaration; submission of proof. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.205, 284.250, 284.260) An applicant must declare his or her intention to request veterans’ preference points pursuant to NRS 284.260 at the time of application. Proof of eligibility…

NAC 284.329 Competitive examinations: Use and administration. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.205, 284.384) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and chapter 284 of NRS, an appointment to or within the classified service must be made through the use of competitive examinatio…

NAC 284.333 Centers for assessment: Selection and training of assessors; administration of examinations. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.205, 284.210) 1. Assessors of a center for assessment must be selected: (a) From at least two different departments; or (b) From a combination of de…

NAC 284.338 Minimum passing scores; computation of final scores. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.205, 284.250) 1. The passing score for placement on an eligible list will be determined by the Division of Human Resource Management based on a consideration of the difficulty of the test,…

NAC 284.341 Review of examinations; disputes regarding results. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.205, 284.384) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, within 10 working days after the date of the postmark on a notification of a grade pertaining to an examination, a candidate o…

NAC 284.345 Correction of errors in rating, scoring or computing results. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.205, 284.250) 1. If the Division of Human Resource Management finds that any error occurred in rating, scoring or computing the results of an examination, the Division of Human Re…

NAC 284.349 Retaking examination for same class. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.205) 1. An applicant may retake an examination for the same class after 60 days have elapsed from the date of the previous examination if: (a) The Division of Human Resource Management is recruiting for t…

NAC 284.353 Allocation of time used by employees for examinations and interviews. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) 1. Upon giving reasonable notice to his or her immediate supervisor, a qualified employee must be permitted to take an appropriate amount of released time to particip…

NAC 284.358 Types of lists and required priority for use. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.250, 284.305, 284.327) 1. The types of lists of eligible persons and, unless otherwise provided in this chapter or chapter 284 of NRS, the required priority for their use are as follows: (a) Reem…

NAC 284.360 Certification and provision of certain lists by Division of Human Resource Management; certification of eligible persons on ranked or unranked lists or waiver of lists. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.250, 284.305) 1. After being contacted by an appointing authority pursua…