Rules for State Personnel Administration

1 Please note: Chapter 284 of the Nevada Administrative Code was recently codified and is current on the Legislative Counsel Bureau s website at: This publication will be republished to reflect these changes. Rules for State Personnel Administration State of Nevada Division of Human Resource Management Department of Administration Rules for State Personnel Administration NAC Chapter 284, Selected Sections of NRS 284 and Other Information Published: October 1984 Republished: June 1989 Republished: January 1991 Republished: October 1994 Republished: August 1996 Republished: February 2000 Republished: June 2002 Republished: June 2004 Republished: June 2006 Republished: March 2007 Republished: July 2012 Republished: Republished: June 2014 August 2015 Carson City Office.

2 209 East Musser Street, Suite 101 Carson City, Nevada 89701-4204 General Information: (775) 684-0150 Las Vegas Office: 555 East Washington Avenue, Suite 1400 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101-1046 General Information: (702) 486-2900 i Revision #8, 1/1/18 CHAPTER 284 State Personnel SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION A Definitions .. 1 Administrator defined .. 1 Appointing authority defined .. 1 Appointment defined .. 2 Base rate of pay defined .. 2 Break in service defined .. 2 Budget Division defined .. 2 Center for assessment defined .. 2 Class defined .. 2 Class series defined.. 2 Class specification defined.

3 2 Classification defined .. 2 Classification plan defined .. 2 Commission defined .. 3 Committee defined .. 3 Continuous service defined .. 3 Date of hire defined .. 3 Dating relationship defined .. 3 Day defined .. 3 Demotion defined.. 3 Department defined .. 3 Division of Human Resource Management 4 NEW Domestic partner defined .. 4 NEW Domestic violence defined .. 4 Eligible person defined .. 4 Employee defined .. 4 Entry level defined .. 4 Exempt classified employee defined .. 4 Exempt unclassified employee defined .. 4 NEW Family or household member defined .. 4 Full-time employee defined.

4 5 Full-time employment defined .. 5 Full-time equivalency and full-time equivalent defined .. 5 Genetic information defined .. 5 Grade defined .. 5 Holiday defined .. 5 Individual classification study defined .. 5 Innovative workweek defined .. 5 Insurer defined .. 5 Journey level defined.. 6 Nonclassified employee defined .. 6 ii Revision #8, 1/1/18 Nonexempt employee defined .. 6 Nonstandard workweek defined .. 6 Normal rate of pay defined .. 6 Occupational study defined .. 6 Organizational climate study defined .. 6 Paid status defined .. 7 Part-time employee 7 Part-time employment defined.

5 7 Pay class designation defined .. 7 Pay progression date defined .. 7 Permanent employee defined .. 7 Permanent status defined .. 7 Position defined .. 8 Positive reporting employee defined .. 8 Premises of the workplace defined .. 8 Promotion defined .. 8 Rating of performance defined .. 8 Reallocation defined .. 8 Reappointment defined .. 8 NEW Reassignment defined .. 8 Reclassification defined .. 9 Reemployment defined .. 9 Rehire defined .. 9 Reinstatement defined .. 9 Reviewing officer defined .. 9 Risk Management Division defined .. 9 Sexual conduct defined.

6 9 Sexual harassment defined .. 10 NEW Spouse defined .. 10 Standard workweek defined .. 10 Step defined .. 10 Trainee level defined .. 10 Transfer defined .. 10 Trial period defined .. 10 Underfill defined .. 11 Working day defined .. 11 Work-related injury or occupational disease defined .. 11 Working day interpreted .. 11 Affirmative action program and equal employment opportunity .. 11 Computation of time .. 12 Adoption by reference of federal law, regulations and manual regarding persons with disabilities .. 12 Severability .. 13 iii Revision #8, 1/1/18 CLASSIFICATION SECTION B Creation of new class, reclassification of position or reallocation of existing class.

7 2 Investigations of classifications .. 4 Temporary classifications .. 4 Individual reclassification of position to higher level: Status of incumbent .. 4 Reclassification or reallocation of class or position to higher grade as result of occupational study: Status of incumbent .. 5 Reclassification of class or position to lower grade: Status of incumbent .. 5 Class specifications .. 6 Appeal of allocation of position or change in classification .. 7 COMPENSATION SECTION C Range of pay based on full-time employment; semimonthly or biweekly payment; payment of part-time, intermittent, per diem and positive reporting employees.

8 2 Rate of pay: Initial appointment .. 2 Rate of pay: Reinstatement .. 2 Rate of pay: Effect of promotion .. 2 Rate of pay: Effect of demotion .. 3 Rate of pay: Effect of transfer .. 4 Rate of pay: Effect of reappointment .. 4 Rate of pay: Effect of 4 NEW Rate of pay: 4 Rate of pay: Minimum step for continuous employees hired before 1975 .. 5 Rate of pay: Nonclassified or unclassified employees or other certain employees appointed to classified service .. 5 Adjustment and retention of pay progression date; restoration of date of appointment and pay progression date .. 5 Date of promotion coinciding with pay progression date.

9 6 Merit pay increase: Granting or withholding; delay because of administrative or clerical error .. 7 Merit pay increase: Credit for service under certain circumstances .. 7 Adjustment of steps within same grade .. 7 Special adjustments to pay .. 9 Compensation for dangerous duty .. 11 Differential rate of pay for qualifying shift .. 11 Compensation for being called back to work; compensation for person required to appear as witness .. 12 Compensation for standby status .. 13 Change of time to or from daylight saving time .. 13 iv Revision #8, 1/1/18 Shift trading: Agreement; responsibilities.

10 14 Overtime: Authorization .. 17 Overtime: Consideration of paid-leave status in calculation .. 17 Overtime: Employee who works in two positions; exceptions .. 17 Overtime: Compensation .. 18 Compensatory time: Use .. 18 Compensatory time: Request for payment for certain 19 Compensatory time: Rate of pay .. 19 Compensatory time: Firefighters .. 19 Compensatory time: Payment upon transfer .. 20 Holidays: Holiday pay .. 21 Holidays: Compensation for working .. 22 Holidays: Designation of time for holiday pay; adjustment of work schedule if holiday occurs on employee s day off .. 22 Compensation for time spent traveling.