CHAPTER 284 - STATE HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM

NAC 284.510 Responsibilities of appointing authorities. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.343) The responsibilities of the appointing authority of each state agency include: 1. Ensuring that its training activities comply with the provisions of NRS 284.343 and NAC 284.482 to 284.522, in…

NAC 284.514 Educational leave stipends. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.343, 284.345) 1. A stipend for an educational leave of up to three-fourths of an employee’s base rate of pay may be paid if money is available for that purpose and the course of study meets the requiremen…

NAC 284.518 Requirements for educational leave stipends. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.343, 284.345) With the exception of intermittent course work not leading to the awarding of a degree, no person may be granted a stipend for an educational leave until he or she has, in a…

NAC 284.522 Procedure for appeal. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.343, 284.384) Except in a matter concerning stipends for educational leaves as to which a decision of the State Board of Examiners is final, any appeal concerning a matter under NAC 284.482 to 284.522, inclusive, must b…

NAC 284.523 Definitions. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) As used in NAC 284.523 to 284.598, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 284.5231 to 284.52375, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC b…

NAC 284.5231 “Care” defined. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) “Care” means the activities performed or attention provided when an employee: 1. Provides psychological comfort and reassurance to his or her spouse, child or parent with a serious health condition who is receiving inpa…

NAC 284.52315 “Child” defined. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) 1. “Child” means a person who is: (a) A biological, adopted or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward or a child of a person standing in loco parentis to that child; and (b) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 284.52…

NAC 284.52317 “Child” interpreted. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) Except for the purposes of NAC 284.5235 and 284.562, the Division of Human Resource Management shall interpret and construe the definition of “child” set forth in NAC 284.52315 in a manner that is consistent with …

NAC 284.52345 “Family and Medical Leave Act” defined. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) “Family and Medical Leave Act” means the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 adopted by reference in NAC 284.581. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Personnel by R082-00, eff. 8-2-2000)

NAC 284.5235 “Immediate family” defined. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) “Immediate family” means: 1. The employee’s parents, spouse, children, regardless of age, brothers, sisters, grandparents, great-grandparents, uncles, aunts, nephews, grandchildren, nieces, great-grandchildr…

NAC 284.5237 “Parent” defined. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) 1. “Parent” means a biological, adopted or foster parent or stepparent of an employee or a person who stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a child. 2. The term includes a person who meets the d…

NAC 284.52373 “Parent” interpreted. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) The Division of Human Resource Management shall interpret and construe the definition of “parent” set forth in NAC 284.5237 in a manner that is consistent with the interpretation by the Wage and Hour Division of …

NAC 284.52374 “Person standing in loco parentis” and “person who stood in loco parentis” defined. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) 1. “Person standing in loco parentis” or “person who stood in loco parentis” means: (a) For the purposes of NAC 284.52315, a person who has day-to-day…

NAC 284.52375 “Provider of health care” defined. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) “Provider of health care” means: 1. A doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is authorized to practice medicine or surgery by the state or country in which the doctor practices. 2. A podiatric physicia…

NAC 284.524 Reporting for work; workweeks and workdays; periods for meals and rest. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) 1. An employee shall report for a work shift on time and ready to perform the duties and tasks assigned to his or her position. For purposes of determining whether …

NAC 284.5242 Break times and place for mother of a child under 1 year of age to express breast milk: Duties of appointing authority. (NRS 281.755, 284.065, 284.384) 1. Except as otherwise provided by NRS 281.755, the appointing authority of an employee who is the mother of a chil…

NAC 284.5243 Break times and place for mother of a child under 1 year of age to express breast milk: Procedures for employee to request break times and place; efforts to address employee’s needs; date of receipt of request; response to request by department or agency. (NRS 281.75…

NAC 284.525 Reduction of hours by mutual agreement. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) Except with respect to a leave of absence without pay during a fiscal emergency of the State or an agency pursuant to NAC 284.580, an appointing authority and an employee may reduce the employee’s…

NAC 284.5255 Time sheets. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.345) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee shall provide an accurate accounting of the hours worked and leave used during a pay period on the appropriate form provided by his or her employer, inc…

NAC 284.538 Annual leave: Computation; part-time employees; long-term employees. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.350) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NAC 284.5415, to compute the amount of annual leave to which an employee is entitled, an employee must …

NAC 284.5385 Annual leave: Leave of absence without pay; catastrophic leave; receipt of benefits for temporary total disability. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.350, 284.355, 284.3626) 1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 284.580, an employee does not accrue annual leave du…

NAC 284.539 Annual leave: Written request; approval or denial; authorized use. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.350, 608.0198) 1. Except as otherwise provided by the Family and Medical Leave Act, an appointing authority shall determine the time when annual leave is taken after…

NAC 284.5395 Annual leave: Payment upon separation from service. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.350) An employee who has completed 6 months of continuous service and who has separated from state service must be paid a lump-sum payment for any unused annual leave which he or …

NAC 284.540 Records of earned and used leave. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) Each appointing authority shall keep accurate records of earned and used leave unless these records are maintained by a centralized time and attendance system. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Personnel, eff. …

NAC 284.5405 Annual leave: Credit upon reinstatement, rehiring, reemployment or transfer. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.350) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any employee who returns to state service following a separation is eligible to accrue annual leave …

NAC 284.541 Annual leave: Service in provisional, special disabled, emergency or temporary status; seasonal employees. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.350) 1. Service in a provisional, special disabled, emergency or temporary status must be credited toward annual leave if it …

NAC 284.5415 Annual leave and sick leave: Exception employees. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.180, 284.345, 284.350, 284.355) 1. As used in this section: (a) “Exception employee” means an employee whose normally scheduled hours of work are more than 80 hours biweekly; and (b) “Regula…

NAC 284.542 Sick leave: Part-time employees. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.355) 1. A part-time employee is entitled to accrue sick leave at the rate of 1 1/4 days per month, which is prorated based on the number of hours the employee is in paid status, excluding overtime. 2…

NAC 284.544 Sick leave: Leave of absence without pay; catastrophic leave; receipt of benefits for temporary total disability; computation. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.350, 284.355, 284.3626) 1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 284.580, an employee does not accrue sick …

NAC 284.546 Sick leave: Unused credit; special sick leave. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.355) Unused sick leave accrued but not carried forward pursuant to the provisions of NRS 284.355 must be placed in a separate account. Sick leave accrued in a separate account pursuant …

NAC 284.548 Sick leave: Reinstatement of dismissed employee. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.345, 284.355) An employee who is dismissed and later reinstated by an order of a hearing officer must repay any money the employee received for payment of sick leave benefits. The amo…

NAC 284.550 Sick leave: Separation from service. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.355) 1. An employee who is being separated from service earns sick leave only through the last working day for which he or she is entitled to pay. If the last working day occurs earlier than the …

NAC 284.551 Sick leave: Credit upon rehiring, reemployment or transfer. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.355) 1. An employee who is rehired within 1 year after he or she is laid off is entitled to the restoration of the accrued and unused sick leave remaining in his or her acc…

NAC 284.552 Sick leave: Service in provisional, emergency or temporary status; seasonal employees. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.355) 1. Service in provisional, emergency or temporary status, including, without limitation, temporary limited appointments pursuant to NRS 284.…

NAC 284.554 Sick leave: Authorized use. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.355, 608.0198) 1. An employee is entitled to use sick leave if the employee: (a) Is unable to perform the duties of his or her position because he or she is sick, injured or physically incapacitated due t…

NAC 284.558 Sick leave: Illness in employee’s immediate family. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.355) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if an employee is needed to provide care for a member of his or her immediate family with an illness or other authorized medic…

NAC 284.562 Sick leave or catastrophic leave: Death in employee’s immediate family. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.355, 284.3626) 1. If a member of the employee’s immediate family dies, he or she may use his or her accumulated sick leave, or request approval for catastrophic…

NAC 284.566 Sick leave: Approval by appointing authority; medical certification. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.355) 1. An appointing authority may approve sick leave only after having ascertained that the absence was for an authorized reason. For absences in excess of 3 con…

NAC 284.568 Sick leave: Placing employee on sick leave; conditions for return to work. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.355) 1. An appointing authority may place an employee on sick leave if: (a) Due to a known or suspected illness or injury, the employee is not performing at …

NAC 284.575 Catastrophic leave: Interpretation of certain statutory terms. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.362, 284.3626) As used in NRS 284.362: 1. “Lengthy convalescence” means a period of disability which an attending physician expects to exceed 10 consecutive weeks. 2. “Life threa…

NAC 284.576 Catastrophic leave: Use and administration; appeal of denial. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.3621, 284.3626) 1. An account for catastrophic leave may be established for an employee when he or she or a member of his or her immediate family experiences a catastrophe and the…

NAC 284.577 Catastrophic leave: Repayment for hours used; receipt of workers’ compensation benefits. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.345, 284.3626) 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an employee who has used hours from an account for catastrophic leave may volun…

NAC 284.5775 Temporary total disability: Use of sick leave, compensatory time, annual leave and catastrophic leave; leave of absence without pay. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.350, 284.355, 284.3626) 1. An employee who is receiving benefits for a temporary total disability …

NAC 284.5777 Temporary total disability: Workers’ compensation travel leave to receive medical treatment. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.345) 1. An appointing authority shall grant leave to an employee in the classified or unclassified service of the State to receive medical…

NAC 284.578 Leave of absence without pay: Conditions for approval; restrictions on use; revocation. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345, 284.360, 608.0198) 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.360, an appointing authority may grant a leave of absence without pay to an employee f…

NAC 284.580 Leave of absence without pay during fiscal emergency of State or agency. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.175, 284.345, 284.360) 1. Upon the request of an appointing authority, the Department of Administration may authorize the appointing authority to place a nonexempt empl…

NAC 284.581 Adoption by reference of federal law and regulations. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.345) 1. For the purposes of NAC 284.523 to 284.598, inclusive, the Division of Human Resource Management hereby adopts by reference: (a) The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (Public L…