reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.038 - "Classification" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Classification" means the systematic process of analytically
				grouping and allocating positions to classes based on the similarity of actual
				duties and responsibilities.
Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 8, eff.
				  8-11-73
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.042 - "Classification plan" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Classification plan" means a listing of all the classes which
				have been established, the class specifications, and the grade to which each is
				assigned.
[Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 9, eff. 8-11-73] -
				  (NAC A by Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84)
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0525 - "Continuous service" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Continuous service" means service which is not broken by a
				separation except for those separations listed in NAC
				284.598.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff.
				  10-26-84
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.053 - "Date of hire" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Date of hire" means the date an employee begins or, after a
				break in service, resumes his or her paid employment with the State.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff.
				  10-26-84
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0533 - "Dating relationship" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Dating relationship" means an intimate association primarily
				characterized by the expectation of affectional or sexual involvement. The term
				does not include a casual relationship or an ordinary association between
				persons in a business or social context.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R058-01, eff. 9-6-2001;
				  A by Personnel Comm'n by R183-03,
				  1-27-2004
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.054 - "Demotion" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Demotion" means any movement of an employee to a class having
				a lower grade than the class previously held.
[Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 11, eff. 8-11-73] -
				  (NAC A by Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84)
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.055 - "Department" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Department" means:
1.
			 An agency in the Executive Branch of State Government which is designated as a
			 department by statute;
2. The
			 Nevada System of Higher Education; and
3. Any state board or commission which
			 employs classified workers.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff.
				  10-26-84
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0575 - "Domestic partner" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Domestic partner" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS
				122A.030.
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R088-17, eff.
				  12-19-2017
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0577 - "Domestic violence" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Domestic violence" means an act described in
				NRS
				33.018.
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R037-17, 10-31-2017, eff.
				  1-1-2018
NRS 284.065,
				  284.345,
				  613.222
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.058 - "Eligible person" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Eligible person" means any person who meets the required
				minimum qualifications and:
1.
			 Applies, successfully passes all phases of an examination , when required, and
			 is placed on an appropriate eligible list ; or
2. Is eligible to be placed on a list
			 described in paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NAC
			 284.358.
Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 12, eff.
				  8-11-73
; A by
				R163-18A,
				eff. 1/30/2019
NRS
				284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.062 - "Employee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Employee" means a person legally holding a position in the
				public service as defined in
				NRS
				284.015.
Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 13, eff.
				  8-11-73
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.063 - "Entry level" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Entry level" means a class in which supervision is not a
				required duty or responsibility of the positions allocated to the class. The
				term includes any trainee level and the journey level.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A by
				  Personnel Comm'n by R024-05, 10-31-2005
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0637 - "Exempt classified employee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Exempt classified employee" means an employee in the
				classified service described in subsection 2 of
				NRS
				284.148.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 3-23-94; A by
				  R147-01, 1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0638 - "Exempt unclassified employee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Exempt unclassified employee" means an employee in the
				unclassified service described in subsection 1 of
				NRS
				284.148.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 3-23-94; A by
				  R147-01, 1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.06385 - "Family or household member" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Family or household member" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS 612.3755.
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R037-17, 10-31-2017, eff.
				  1-1-2018
NRS 284.065,
				  284.345,
				  613.222
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0639 - "Full-time employee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Full-time employee" means an employee whose work schedule is
				100 percent of the full-time equivalent established for the employee's pay
				class designation.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R147-01, eff.
				  1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.064 - "Full-time employment" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Full-time employment" means a work schedule that is 100
				percent of the full-time equivalent established for the pay class
				designation.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A 9-13-91;
				  R147-01, 1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.065 - "Full-time equivalency" and "full-time equivalent" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Full-time equivalency" or "full-time equivalent" means:
1. For a nonexempt employee, the number of
			 hours authorized by the Division of Human Resource Management for the nonexempt
			 employee's position, divided by the number of base hours established for the
			 position's pay class designation.
2. For an exempt classified employee or an
			 exempt unclassified employee, the number of days authorized by the Division of
			 Human Resource Management for the employee's position, divided by the number of
			 base days established for the position's pay class designation.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R147-01, eff.
				  1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0653 - "Gender identity or expression" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Gender identity or expression" has the meaning ascribed to it
				in
				NRS
				0.034.
Added to NAC
				by Personnel Comm'n by
				R175-18A,
				eff. 1/30/2019
NRS
				  284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0655 - "Genetic information" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Genetic information" means information:
1. That is obtained from genetic testing of a
			 person;
2. That is obtained from
			 genetic tests of a family member of a person; or
3. Relating to the manifestation of a disease
			 or disorder in a family member of a person.
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R055-10, eff.
				  6-30-2010
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.066 - "Grade" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Grade" means the number assigned by the Division of Human
				Resource Management to identify the range of pay for a class.
[Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 15, eff. 8-11-73] -
				  (NAC A by Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84; R147-01,
				  1-22-2002)
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0663 - "Holiday" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Holiday" means a day that is designated to be a legal holiday
				pursuant to NRS
				236.015.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R147-01, eff.
				  1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0665 - "Individual classification study" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Individual classification study" means a classification study
				initiated by an employee of this State, an agency of this State or the Division
				of Human Resource Management which is based upon a new position or a
				significant change that has occurred in an existing position.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff.
				  10-27-97
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.068 - "Insurer" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Insurer" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS
				616A.270.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R197-99, eff.
				  1-26-2000
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.069 - "Journey level" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Journey level" means the level of performance within an
				occupational specialty that requires a degree of knowledge and proficiency
				sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional
				training.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A by
				  Personnel Comm'n by R024-05, 10-31-2005
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.070 - "Nonclassified employee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Nonclassified employee" means an employee in the office of the
				Governor or the Judicial or Legislative Branch of State Government.
[Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 17, eff. 8-11-73] -
				  (NAC A by Dep't of Personnel by R098-99,
				  9-27-99)
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.071 - "Nonexempt employee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Nonexempt employee" means an employee who is not subject to
				the provisions of NRS 284.148.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R147-01, eff.
				  1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.072 - "Nonstandard workweek" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Nonstandard workweek" means a work schedule of five shifts
				with the same number of hours each day and a maximum of 40 hours per week
				throughout the year. The work schedule is other than Monday through
				Friday.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff.
				  10-26-84
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0725 - "Normal rate of pay" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Normal rate of pay" means the dollar value of an employee's
				base rate of pay plus any adjustment that has been made pursuant to the
				provisions of NAC
				284.206.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R147-01, eff.
				  1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.073 - "Occupational study" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Occupational study" means a classification study of a group of
				positions or related classes and class series, or any combination thereof,
				which is initiated by the Division of Human Resource Management and
				subsequently approved by the Commission.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 10-27-97; A by
				  Personnel Comm'n by R038-03, 10-30-2003
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0735 - "Organizational climate study" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Organizational climate study" means an independent study
				conducted by the Division of Human Resource Management to assess and evaluate
				the culture, effectiveness of management, employee morale and internal
				communication of an organization through a variety of methods, including,
				without limitation:
1.
			 Surveys;
2. Interviews, including,
			 without limitation, exit interviews;
3. Review of policies, procedures and
			 internal communications;
4. Review
			 of issues related to recruitment;
5. Review of data relating to employees,
			 including, without limitation, statistics relating to turnover;
6. Review of grievances filed by employees;
			 and
7. Review of complaints
			 described in NAC
			 284.658 which are filed by
			 employees.
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R137-12, eff. 10-23-2013;
				  A by R033-17, 10-31-2017
NRS 284.065,
				  284.155
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0742 - "Paid status" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Paid status" means the time that an employee is:
1. Working;
2. On leave with pay, except catastrophic
			 leave; or
3. On a leave of absence
			 due to a fiscal emergency declared pursuant to NAC
			 284.580.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R147-01, eff.
				  1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0745 - "Part-time employee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Part-time employee" means an employee whose work schedule is
				less than 100 percent of the full-time equivalent established for the
				employee's pay class designation.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R147-01, eff.
				  1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0746 - "Part-time employment" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Part-time employment" means a work schedule that is less than
				100 percent of the full-time equivalent established for an employee's pay class
				designation.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R147-01, eff.
				  1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0748 - "Pay class designation" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Pay class designation" means the designation set by the
				Division of Human Resource Management for a group of employees whose pay is
				calculated in a similar manner, including, without limitation, the maximum
				number of full-time equivalent hours in a biweekly or semimonthly pay period,
				the method of reporting hours worked and whether pay is calculated on the basis
				of hours worked or an annual salary.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R147-01, eff.
				  1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.075 - "Pay progression date" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, "pay progression
				date" means the date on which an employee completes 1 year of employment
				equivalent to full-time service following the appointment to his or her current
				grade.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R043-99, eff.
				  9-27-99
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.076 - "Permanent employee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Permanent employee" means an employee who has successfully
				completed the probationary period for any class he or she has held during
				continuous classified service. The term does not include a person who:
1. Is reemployed after having been laid off
			 and is serving a new probationary period as required by subsection 8 of NAC
			 284.630; or
2. Is reemployed pursuant to NAC
			 284.6014 after having sustained a
			 permanent disability and is serving a new probationary period as required by
			 subsection 2 of NAC
			 284.6018.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 8-1-91; A 3-1-96; A
				  by Personnel Comm'n by R183-03, 1-27-2004; R143-05,
				  12-29-2005
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.078 - "Permanent status" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Permanent status" means the standing an employee achieves in a
				class when:
1. He or she has
			 successfully completed the probationary period for the class; or
2. His or her appointment does not require a
			 new probationary period and he or she does not hold another type of status of
			 appointment for the class.
[Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 20, eff. 8-11-73] -
				  (NAC A by Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84)
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.086 - "Position" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Position" means a group of duties and responsibilities that
				have been assigned to a single job.
[Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 21, eff. 8-11-73] -
				  (NAC A by Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84)
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.087 - "Positive reporting employee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Positive reporting employee" means an employee who is required
				to record on a time sheet all hours that he or she is in paid status.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R147-01, eff.
				  1-22-2002
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0875 - "Premises of the workplace" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Premises of the workplace" means any building, office, vehicle
				or location, or any part thereof, specifically intended to serve as a place
				where work is performed by an employee during the course of a workday,
				including, without limitation, irregular shifts, or any other building, office,
				vehicle or location at or in which an employee is authorized to perform work by
				the agency with which he or she is employed. The term includes parking lots,
				garages or vehicle depots that are owned or leased by the State. The term does
				not include a location that constitutes an employee's usual and customary
				living quarters, except when the living quarters are also used to care for
				children pursuant to a state program or as otherwise authorized by the
				State.
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R147-06, eff.
				  12-7-2006
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.088 - "Promotion" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Promotion" means an advancement to a position in a class which
				has a higher grade than the class previously held.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A by
				  Personnel Comm'n by R183-03, 1-27-2004; R102-15, 12-21-2015, eff.
				  1-1-2016
NRS 284.065,
				  284.155,
				  284.290,
				  284.300
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0915 - "Rating of performance" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Rating of performance" means the overall rating of an
				employee's performance efficiency, character and conduct which is included in
				the report on performance of an employee.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R031-98, eff.
				  4-17-98
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.093 - "Reappointment" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Reappointment" means a noncompetitive appointment of a current
				employee to a class he or she formerly held or to a comparable class.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A 8-1-91;
				  A by Personnel Comm'n by R183-03,
				  1-27-2004
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0937 - "Reassignment" and "reassign" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Reassignment" or "reassign" means a noncompetitive placement
				of an employee as a reasonable accommodation to a position within the same
				grade or, if a position in the same grade is not available, to a position in a
				class with a lower grade for which the employee meets the minimum
				qualifications and is able to perform the essential functions.
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R097-16, eff.
				  11-2-2016
NRS 284.065,
				  284.155,
				  284.305
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.094 - "Reclassification" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Reclassification" means a change in the allocation of a
				position by:
1. Raising it to a class
			 with a higher grade;
2. Reducing it
			 to a class with a lower grade; or
3. Moving it to another class at the same
			 grade on the basis of significant changes in kind, difficulty or responsibility
			 of the work performed.
[Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 23, eff. 8-11-73;
				  renumbered as subsec. 24, 4-14-76] - (NAC A by Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84; A
				  by Personnel Comm'n by R097-16, 11-2-2016)
NRS 284.065,
				  284.155
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.095 - "Reemployment" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Reemployment" means a noncompetitive appointment of a current
				or former employee to a class for which he or she has reemployment rights, as
				provided in this chapter, because of military service, layoff, a permanent
				disability arising from a work-related injury or occupational disease, seasonal
				separation, reallocation or reclassification of his or her position to a lower
				grade.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A 3-1-96;
				  A by Personnel Comm'n by R142-05,
				  12-29-2005
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.096 - "Reinstatement" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Reinstatement" means a noncompetitive appointment of a former
				permanent employee to a class he or she formerly held or to a comparable
				class.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A
				  8-1-91
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.097 - "Reviewing officer" defined (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R038-03, eff. 10-30-2003;
				  A by R144-05, 12-29-2005; R056-10, 10-26-2011; R041-15, 12-21-2015
; R by
				R057-18A,
				eff. 6/12/2019
NRS
				284.065,
				284.155,
				284.340,
				284.384
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.099 - "Sexual conduct" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Sexual conduct" means:
1. Ordinary sexual intercourse;
2. Anal intercourse;
3. Fellatio, cunnilingus or other
			 oral-genital contact;
4. Physical
			 contact by a person with the genitals or pubic area of another person for the
			 purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of either person;
5. Penetration, however slight, by a person
			 of an object into the genital or anal opening of the body of another person for
			 the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of either person;
			 or
6. Masturbation or the lewd
			 exhibition of genitals.
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R147-06, eff.
				  12-7-2006
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0995 - "Sexual harassment" defined (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by
				Personnel Comm'n by R147-06, eff. 12-7-2006; R by
				R016-21A,
				eff. 9/8/2022
NRS
				  284.065,
				  284.4082
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0996 - "Sexual orientation" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Sexual orientation" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS
				0.055.
Added to NAC
				by Personnel Comm'n by
				R175-18A,
				eff. 1/30/2019
NRS
				  284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.0997 - "Spouse" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Spouse" includes a domestic partner as set forth in
				NRS
				122A.200.
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R088-17, eff.
				  12-19-2017
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.100 - "Standard workweek" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Standard workweek" means a work schedule of five shifts with
				the same number of hours each day and a maximum of 40 hours per week throughout
				the year. The work schedule is Monday through Friday.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff.
				  10-26-84
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.102 - "Step" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Step" means the number assigned by the Division of Human
				Resource Management to identify a specific rate of pay within a grade.
[Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 25, eff. 8-11-73;
				  renumbered as subsec. 27, 4-14-76] - (NAC A by Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84;
				  R197-99, 1-26-2000; R147-01, 1-22-2002)
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.104 - "Trainee level" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Trainee level" means the level of performance within an
				occupational specialty at which an employee is in the process of acquiring the
				knowledge, skills and abilities to perform at the journey level.
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R024-05, eff.
				  10-31-2005
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.106 - "Transfer" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Transfer" means:
1. A
			 noncompetitive appointment in which an employee moves from one position to
			 another position in the same class or a related class with the same grade;
			 or
2. A competitive appointment in
			 which an employee moves from one position to a position in a different class
			 with the same grade.
[Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 26, eff. 8-11-73;
				  renumbered as subsec. 28, 4-14-76] - (NAC A by Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84;
				  11-16-95)
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.108 - "Trial period" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Trial period" means the 6-month or 1-year probationary period
				served by a permanent employee who has been promoted to or who voluntarily
				transferred to a vacant position.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A 8-1-91;
				  12-26-91
; A by
				R163-18A,
				eff. 1/30/2019
NRS
				284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.110 - "Underfill" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Underfill" means the filling of a position with an employee
				holding a position in a lower classification, except for those situations where
				employees are in classifications which are training or intermediate levels
				preparatory to promotion to the journey level class.
[Personnel Div., Rule I § D subsec. 30, eff. 4-14-76] -
				  (NAC A by Personnel Comm'n by R183-03,
				  1-27-2004)
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.112 - "Working day" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Working day," for the purpose of a grievance, a complaint
				described in NAC
				284.658 or an appeal, means
				Monday to Friday, inclusive, excluding holidays.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A by
				  Personnel Comm'n by R033-17, 10-31-2017
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.1125 - "Work-related injury or occupational disease" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Work-related injury or occupational disease" means any injury
				or illness suffered by an employee that arises out of and in the course of his
				or her employment in the classified service and for which an employee has filed
				a claim pursuant to chapter 616A, 616B, 616C, 616D or 617 of NRS.
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R142-05, eff.
				  12-29-2005
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.113 - "Working day" interpreted

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in
				NRS
				284.350 and
				284.355, the Administrator will
				interpret "working day" to mean a period of work consisting of 8 hours.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel by R031-98, eff. 4-17-98;
				  A by Personnel Comm'n by R065-98, 7-24-98
NRS 284.065,
				  284.155,
				  284.345
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.114 - Affirmative action program and equal employment opportunity

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Division of Human Resource Management
			 is responsible for establishing, coordinating and evaluating an affirmative
			 action program for this State.
2.
			 The Division of Human Resource Management will cooperate and consult with
			 agencies to:
(a) Identify barriers in the
			 personnel management system which may adversely affect the ability of
			 applicants and employees to reach their full employment potential without
			 regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
			 religion, color, national origin, age, genetic information, disability or
			 whether or not the person is a domestic partner.
(b) Coordinate programs to remove barriers to
			 equal employment opportunity while ensuring the effectiveness of the merit
			 system and the opportunity for persons to enter the system and progress in it
			 to the extent of their merit.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.116 - Computation of time

Current through June 11, 2024
In computing a period of time mentioned in this chapter, the
				day of the act or event from which the period begins is not counted and the
				last day is counted unless the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or state holiday.
				If the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or state holiday, the period ends on the
				next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or state holiday.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff.
				  10-26-84
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.120 - Adoption by reference of federal law, regulations and manual regarding persons with disabilities

Current through June 11, 2024
1. For the purposes
			 of determining the meaning of "essential functions of a position," "interactive
			 process," "person with a disability," "qualified person with a disability" and
			 "reasonable accommodation," the Division of Human Resource Management hereby
			 adopts by reference and will refer to:
(a) The
			 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (
			 Public Law
			 101-336 ).
(b) The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (
			 Public Law
			 110-325 ).
(c) The provisions of 29 C.F.R. Part
			 1630.
(d) The
Technical
			 Assistance Manual
for the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 284.122 - Severability

Current through June 11, 2024
If any of the provisions of this chapter are held, for any
				reason, to be invalid, it is intended that the validity of the remaining
				provisions not be affected thereby.
Personnel Div., Rule XVIII, eff.
				  8-11-73
NRS 284.065
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › CLASSIFICATION › Section 284.126 - Creation of new class, reclassification of position or reallocation of existing class

Current through June 11, 2024
1. For the purposes
			 of this section:
(a) "Agency human resources
			 officer" means the Director of Personnel within the Nevada System of Higher
			 Education or any person holding a position in the classified service with the
			 title of Human Resources Officer.
(b) "Significant change" means a change in
			 the duties and responsibilities assigned to a position in a class that:
(1) Is outside of the scope of the class as
			 described by the class specification;
(2) Is not part of the scope of
			 responsibility of the position; and
(3) Results in the preponderance of duties
			 and responsibilities being allocated to a different class.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › CLASSIFICATION › Section 284.130 - Investigations of classifications

Current through June 11, 2024
The Division of Human Resource Management may investigate the
				classification of any existing position on the written request of an appointing
				authority or an employee or on its own initiative.
[Personnel Div., Rule II § E, eff. 8-11-73] - (NAC A by
				  Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84)
NRS 284.065,
				  284.155
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › CLASSIFICATION › Section 284.132 - Temporary classifications

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An appointing
			 authority, an employee or the Division of Human Resource Management may request
			 a temporary classification which allows the classification of a position for a
			 temporary period of 1 year or less. Each appointment which is designated as
			 temporary must have specific criteria established which justify the grade of
			 the position and the projected date of expiration of the period. A position
			 which no longer meets this criteria will revert back to the class from which it
			 was reclassified. This method of classification is subject to the following
			 conditions:
(a) Temporary classifications must
			 meet the allocation standards and the criteria established for the class before
			 this method may be used. The classification must be approved by the Division of
			 Human Resource Management before the appointment.
(b) An employee who is appointed to a
			 temporary class must sign the payroll document. This signature acknowledges
			 that the employee understands the conditions of the reclassification and its
			 projected date of expiration.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › CLASSIFICATION › Section 284.134 - Individual reclassification of position to higher level: Status of incumbent

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An incumbent who
			 meets the minimum qualifications for an individual reclassification as provided
			 in NAC 284.126 may be reclassified to a
			 higher level. If the incumbent's position is reclassified as a result of an
			 individual classification study, the incumbent will continue to serve in the
			 position and:
(a) Must be promoted;
(b) Retains his or her status of appointment;
			 and
(c) Must complete the remaining
			 portion of the probationary period currently being served, if any, based on the
			 requirements of the new class.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › CLASSIFICATION › Section 284.138 - Reclassification or reallocation of class or position to higher grade as result of occupational study: Status of incumbent

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, if a class or a position within a
			 class is reclassified or reallocated to a higher grade as a result of an
			 occupational study, the incumbent will continue to serve in the position and:
(a) Must be promoted;
(b) Retains his or her status of
			 appointment;
(c) Retains his or her
			 pay progression date; and
(d) Must
			 complete the remaining portion of the probationary period currently being
			 served, if any, based on the requirements of the new class.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › CLASSIFICATION › Section 284.140 - Reclassification of class or position to lower grade: Status of incumbent

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If a class or position is reclassified to
			 a lower grade, the incumbent's title and grade must be changed to the new
			 class. He or she will retain his or her status of appointment and pay
			 progression date. The rate of pay will be determined by the provisions of NAC
			 284.290 governing an employee's
			 pay on retained rates or, if the employee does not meet these requirements, by
			 the provisions of NAC
			 284.173 governing an employee's
			 pay on demotion.
2. The employee is
			 eligible for reappointment to the same or a similar class from which he or she
			 was reclassified.
3. The employee
			 is entitled to reemployment rights to his or her former class and option in his
			 or her department for 1 year after the date of notification of the
			 reclassification to the lower grade if the employee and the agency provide the
			 necessary information regarding the employee's seniority on the prescribed
			 form.
4. If the employee is
			 receiving a retained rate of pay and declines the first opening which is
			 offered for his or her previous class in his or her department and location,
			 the employee forfeits his or her reemployment rights to the former class and
			 must be immediately reclassified to the lower grade and the provisions of this
			 chapter governing the pay of an employee on demotion apply.
Added to NAC by Dep't of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A by
				  R043-99, 9-27-99; R147-01, 1-22-2002; A by Personnel Comm'n by R133-12,
				  10-4-2013
NRS 284.065,
				  284.155,
				  284.175
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › CLASSIFICATION › Section 284.150 - Class specifications

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Class
			 specifications will define a class based on a sound, systematic occupational
			 analysis and evaluation of the position and will contain elements sufficient to
			 distinguish the various classes from one another. The use of a particular
			 expression or illustration as to duties must not be interpreted to exclude
			 others not mentioned but that are of similar kind and relevant to the
			 class.
2. Any option within a class
			 which is included in the class specification will be considered a separate
			 class.
3. In determining the class
			 to which any position will be allocated, the specification will be considered
			 as a whole and in relation to others in the classification plan. The duties,
			 responsibilities, qualifications, knowledge, and abilities required for a class
			 will be considered in relation to those for other classes in determining the
			 kinds of positions which a class may include.
4. The qualifications which are required for
			 a particular class are the standards for the evaluation of applications for
			 positions in that class. The Division of Human Resource Management may, after
			 consulting with appointing authorities, interpret these qualifications so that
			 qualifications which are equivalent to those which are specified for the class
			 may be accepted. The interpretation of qualifications which are considered
			 equivalent must not circumvent the principles of selection on the basis of
			 merit.
5. Qualifications which are
			 required to perform the essential functions of a position, such as possession
			 of a valid driver's license, may be required by the appointing authority if:
(a) So indicated for the position at the time
			 of public notice or appointment; or
(b) Written notice of the required
			 qualifications is given to the employee.
Any disagreement concerning the validity of the required
				qualifications may be submitted for adjustment pursuant to the procedure for
				the adjustment of grievances set forth in NAC
				284.658 to
				284.697, inclusive.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › CLASSIFICATION › Section 284.152 - Appeal of allocation of position or change in classification

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An employee affected by the allocation of
			 a position to a grade or class or by a change in classification as a result of
			 a study regarding classifications, or the agency where such actions have
			 occurred, may, within 30 days after the date of receipt of written notice of
			 the action, file a written appeal of the action with the Administrator. The
			 appeal must:
(a) Address the points outlined
			 in the Division of Human Resource Management's recommendation regarding the
			 proper classification for the position in question; and
(b) Indicate the points with which the
			 appellant disagrees and express the reasons for the disagreement.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › COMPENSATION › Section 284.158 - Range of pay based on full-time employment; semimonthly or biweekly payment; payment of part-time, intermittent, per diem and positive reporting employees

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A range of pay
			 for a class must be based on full-time employment for the pay class
			 designation.
2. Employees are paid
			 on a semimonthly or biweekly basis depending on the schedule on which the
			 employing agency pays employees in the class.
3. Payment for part-time employment is based
			 on the direct proportion of hours that a part-time employee works to the hours
			 of full-time employment for the employee's pay class designation.
4. Payment of intermittent, per diem and
			 positive reporting employees is based on the number of hours reported by each
			 such employee.
[Personnel Div., Rule III § C, eff. 8-11-73] - (NAC A by
				  Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84; 7-6-92; R147-01,
				  1-22-2002)
NRS 284.065,
				  284.155,
				  284.175
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › COMPENSATION › Section 284.170 - Rate of pay: Initial appointment

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in NAC
				284.204 and
				284.206, upon employment that is
				an initial appointment, the employee's base rate of pay must be set at step 1
				of the grade of the position's class.
[Personnel Div., Rule III § F, eff. 8-11-73; A 10-6-78]
				  - (NAC A by Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84; 8-28-85; 5-27-86; 7-22-87; 9-17-87;
				  12-17-87; 7-21-89; 8-14-90; 8-1-91; 7-6-92; 3-23-94; 7-1-94; 3-1-96; R098-99,
				  9-27-99; R197-99, 1-26-2000; R147-01, 1-22-2002; A by Personnel Comm'n by
				  R038-03, 10-30-2003; R133-12, 10-4-2013)
NRS 284.065,
				  284.155,
				  284.175
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › COMPENSATION › Section 284.171 - Rate of pay: Reinstatement

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in NAC
				284.204 and
				284.206, if an employee is
				reinstated, the employee's base rate of pay must be set at or below the base
				rate of pay of the position which the employee most recently held with the
				State.
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R133-12, eff.
				  10-4-2013
NRS 284.065,
				  284.155,
				  284.175
REVISER'S NOTE.
The provisions of NAC 284.171 were derived from part of
				  former NAC
				  284.170 which contains the
				  following regulatory history:
"[Personnel Div., Rule III § F, eff. 8-11-73; A
				  10-6-78] - (NAC A by Dep't of Personnel, 10-26-84; 8-28-85; 5-27-86; 7-22-87;
				  9-17-87; 12-17-87; 7-21-89; 8-14-90; 8-1-91; 7-6-92; 3-23-94; 7-1-94; 3-1-96;
				  R098-99, 9-27-99; R197-99, 1-26-2000; R147-01, 1-22-2002; A by Personnel Comm'n
				  by R038-03, 10-30-2003)"
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › COMPENSATION › Section 284.172 - Rate of pay: Effect of promotion

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in NAC
			 284.204, the following provisions
			 govern the rate of pay which must be paid if an employee is promoted:
(a) The employee must be placed at the lowest
			 step in the higher grade that meets one of the following requirements:
(1) If the employee moves one or two grades
			 above his or her former grade, he or she must be placed at the same step in the
			 new grade as the step held in his or her former grade.
(2) If the employee moves three or more
			 grades above his or her former grade, the employee must be placed:
(I) At a step which is equivalent to an
			 increase of two steps above the step held in his or her former grade;
			 or
(II) At the lowest step of the
			 new grade, whichever pay is higher and in accordance with the provisions of NAC
			 284.179.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 284 - State Personnel System › COMPENSATION › Section 284.173 - Rate of pay: Effect of demotion

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 1
				of NAC 284.618, an employee who is
				demoted must be paid at a step within the grade of the class to which he or she
				was demoted as follows:
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsections 2 to 5, inclusive, if the employee has
			 attained permanent status in the class from which he or she was demoted and the
			 demotion is instituted at the employee's request or is acceptable to the
			 employee, the appointing authority shall pay him or her at a step in the grade
			 of the class to which he or she was demoted which is equal to or less than his
			 or her base rate of pay in the position from which he or she was demoted, but
			 not greater than the highest step of the class to which he or she was
			 demoted.
2. An exception to
			 subsection 1 may be granted by the appointing authority to pay an employee at a
			 rate that does not fall within the grade of the class to which he or she is
			 demoted if the appointing authority determines that the demotion is in the best
			 interest of the employee and the State of Nevada. If such an exception is
			 granted:
(a) The employee's base rate of pay
			 will be limited to three grade levels above the grade of the class to which he
			 or she is demoted or his or her base rate of pay in the position from which he
			 or she was demoted, whichever is less.
(b) The employee's base rate of pay in the
			 position to which he or she was demoted will be frozen until it falls within
			 the grade of the class to which he or she was demoted or for a maximum of 2
			 years after the date of demotion, making the employee ineligible for any merit
			 pay increases, cost of living adjustments or adjustments for a class of
			 employees that has been approved by the Legislature.
(c) If the employee's frozen base rate of pay
			 does not fall within the grade of the class to which he or she was demoted
			 within the 2-year period, his or her base rate of pay will be adjusted to the
			 highest step within the grade of the class to which he or she was
			 demoted.