Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 284.474 Employee entitled to copy of report. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.340) Each employee must be given a copy of the report prepared by the supervisor measuring the employee’s performance and development on the job. The report will not become official until signed by the ra…

NAC 284.478 Appeal of decision of reviewing officer. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.340, 284.384) Upon completion of the review process conducted pursuant to NAC 284.470, a permanent employee may appeal a contested report on performance through the procedure for the adjustment of a g…

NAC 284.480 Letters of instruction: Authorized use as coaching or performance management tool; contents; discussion; retention in working file of supervisor. (NRS 284.065) 1. A letter of instruction is a document that is in written or electronic form and that: (a) A supervisor of…

NAC 284.482 Types of training. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.343) Each employee is responsible for improving his or her own professional competence. The employing agency shall, within budgetary constraints, complement the employee’s own efforts by providing the following kinds of tr…

NAC 284.484 Release time or leave to attend training. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.343, 284.345) 1. When training is required by the appointing authority, the authority must grant release time to attend the training. Release time is considered time worked. The agency is responsible…

NAC 284.485 Criteria for approving or denying training or education requested. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.343) In determining whether to approve or deny training or education requested by an employee, an appointing authority shall consider whether the training or education: 1. Is…

NAC 284.486 Money for training to be used to produce greatest benefit in relation to cost of training. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.343) Money for training must be used to produce the greatest benefit in relation to the cost of the training. This requirement applies to money which …

NAC 284.490 Reimbursement or prepayment for training or education. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.343) 1. If an employee receives approval to take training or education that he or she requested to take, including, without limitation, a course or workshop: (a) The employing agency may…

NAC 284.494 Request for training. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.343) A request for training to be provided by the Division of Human Resource Management must be completed on a form provided by the Division of Human Resource Management and approved before the training is begun if: 1. …

NAC 284.496 Classes and training concerning prevention of sex- or gender-based harassment. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.343, 284.4082) 1. Within 30 days after an employee is initially appointed to state service, the employee shall attend a certified class concerning the prevention …

NAC 284.498 Training of supervisory and managerial employees. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.343, 284.4082) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section: (a) Within 30 days after an agency initially appoints an employee to a supervisory position or managerial position, the employe…

NAC 284.504 Certification of employees who prepare forms for Records or Payroll Sections of Division of Human Resource Management. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.343) 1. An employee of the State who performs the work involving the preparation of forms for the Records or Payroll Secti…

NAC 284.506 Responsibilities of Division of Human Resource Management. (NRS 284.065, 284.155, 284.343) The responsibilities of the Division of Human Resource Management include: 1. Reviewing the training records of state agencies which have approved training to check for complian…

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. 2. Except as otherwise provided in t…

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.…