New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 7 - WASTEWATER AND WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES › Part 7 - ABSENCE AND LEAVE › Section 1.7.7.14 - ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An agency
				may authorize employees leave with pay for up to five consecutive workdays when
				it is in the best interests of the agency to do so. Administrative leave in
				excess of five consecutive workdays must have the prior written approval of the
				director except for administrative leave granted in accordance with the
				provisions of Paragraph (2) of Subsection B of
				1.7.8.19
				NMAC or Paragraph (2) of Subsection D of
				1.7.8.19
				NMAC or
				1.7.11.12
				NMAC.
B. Employees who are members
				of a state board or commission may be entitled to leave with pay to attend
				meetings or transact business of the board or commission.
C. Employees who are registered voters may
				absent themselves from work for two hours for the purpose of voting between the
				time of the opening and the time of the closing of the polls. The employer may
				specify the hours during the period in which the voter may be absent. This
				leave is not available to employees whose workday begins more than two hours
				subsequent to the time of opening the polls or ends more than three hours prior
				to the time of closing the polls. This leave is only available for those
				elections listed in Subsection A of Sections
				1-12-42
				and
				1-1-19
				NMSA 1978 and does not apply to absentee or early voting.
D. Employees shall be entitled to
				administrative leave when appearing during regularly scheduled work hours in
				obedience to a subpoena as a witness before a grand jury or court or before a
				federal or state agency. Fees received as a witness, excluding reimbursement
				for travel, shall be remitted to the employee's agency. Employees shall not be
				entitled to administrative leave to participate in judicial or administrative
				proceedings against an agency or the state of New Mexico in which the employee
				is a litigant in or party to the proceeding.
E. Employees shall be entitled to leave with
				pay for serving on a grand or petit jury during regularly scheduled work hours.
				Fees received as a juror, excluding reimbursement for travel, shall be remitted
				to the employee's agency.
F.
				Employees with a child or children enrolled in a school shall be entitled to
				the following amounts of paid administrative leave for parent-teacher
				conferences, provided that the express purpose of the leave is to attend a
				parent-teacher conference during the employee's normal work day; provided that
				the leave is not being requested for parental participation or assistance in
				extra-curricular school activities; provided that the employee follows any
				procedures required by the office or agency to request paid administrative
				leave for the parent-teacher conference; and, provided that the employee
				provides reasonable notice to the agency in an effort to avoid disruption to
				operational needs:
(1) Employees with three or
				more children may be granted up to four hours of paid administrative leave
				during the spring semester, and up to four hours of paid administrative leave
				during the fall semester for parent-teacher conferences; and
(2) Employees with one child or two children
				may be granted up to two hours of paid administrative leave during the spring
				semester, and up to two hours of paid administrative leave during the fall
				semester for parent-teacher conferences.
(3) Two employees may request available leave
				to attend the same scheduled parent-teacher conference for their
				children.