Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › ATTENDANCE AND LEAVES › Section 284.576 - Catastrophic leave: Use and administration; appeal of denial

Current through June 11, 2024
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 employee has used all of his or her
			 accrued leave.
2. An employee who
			 is affected by a catastrophe and has used or is about to use all of his or her
			 leave may request, on the appropriate form, the transfer of leave to an account
			 for catastrophic leave for his or her personal use after the balance of all of
			 his or her leave has been used. Such a request must be accompanied by a
			 statement from a physician on a form provided by the Committee on Catastrophic
			 Leave created pursuant to
			 NRS
			 284.3627 which substantiates the necessity of
			 the leave.
3. When a member of the
			 immediate family of an employee is affected by a catastrophe, the appointing
			 authority of the employee may require substantiating evidence that the member
			 of the immediate family requires the employee's attendance before approving the
			 transfer of leave to an account for catastrophic leave for use by the employee.
			 Such evidence may include a statement by an attending physician regarding the
			 status of the catastrophe.
4. The
			 appointing authority shall approve or deny a request for catastrophic leave,
			 taking into consideration the nature of the catastrophe and the expected
			 duration of the leave. The decision of the appointing authority may be appealed
			 to the Committee on Catastrophic Leave pursuant to
			 NRS
			 284.3629.
5. An employee who wishes to donate hours to
			 an account for catastrophic leave for use by another employee who has been
			 approved to receive the donated hours shall notify his or her appointing
			 authority on the appropriate form of his or her intent to donate the leave. The
			 appointing authority of the employee donating the leave shall submit a copy of
			 the form to the appointing authority of the employee receiving the leave. The
			 appointing authority of the recipient shall use the notice to effect a transfer
			 of leave from the account of the donor to the account of the recipient when the
			 recipient needs to use those hours. If more than one notice of intent to donate
			 leave is received by the recipient's appointing authority on behalf of the
			 recipient, the notices must be maintained in chronological order and used, one
			 at a time as needed, according to the date in which they were
			 received.
6. A donor and his or her
			 appointing authority must be notified on the appropriate form when the donated
			 leave specifically designated for use by another employee has been used or if
			 the amount of leave donated is in excess of the amount approved for use by the
			 recipient. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, excess leave must
			 be restored to the account of the donor within 30 working days after the last
			 day on which the recipient was eligible to receive catastrophic leave. If the
			 donor is separated from state service before the excess leave is restored
			 pursuant to this subsection, the excess leave must be transferred to the
			 account for catastrophic leave of the appointing authority of the donor when
			 the donation of leave was made.
7.
			 For each employee who donates or uses catastrophic leave, the appointing
			 authority shall annually, or as requested by the Administrator , provide to the
			 Administrator the number assigned to each employee in accordance with
			 subsection 8 and the grade and rate of pay and the number of hours and dollar
			 value of the leave donated, excluding any excess leave restored to the account
			 of a donor, pursuant to subsection 6, or used by each such employee .
8. The appointing authority shall assign
			 numbers to employees for the purposes of subsection 7 in a sequential order and
			 in such a manner that ensures the confidentiality of the identity of those
			 employees.
9. Hours donated to an
			 account for catastrophic leave must be donated in increments of 8
			 hours.
10. As used in this section,
			 "immediate family" has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC
			 284.562.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 10-18-89; A 8-14-90;
				  3-23-94; R146-01, 1-18-2002; A by Personnel Comm'n by R145-05, 12-29-2005;
				  R136-12, 10-4-2013
; A by
				R166-18A,
				eff. 1/30/2019
NRS
				284.065,
				284.155,
				284.3626
				and
				608.0198