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NRS 284.010 - Legislative declaration of purpose. - 1. The Legislature declares that the purpose of this chapter...
NRS 284.012 - Policy concerning employment of persons with disabilities. - Subject to other applicable provisions of this chapter, it is...
NRS 284.013 - Applicability; terms and conditions of employment of exempted persons; written contracts required for certain services; inapplicability regarding matters within scope of collective bargaining agreements. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, this chapter...
NRS 284.015 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
NRS 284.020 - Duties of state officers and employees in Executive Department; construction of chapter. - 1. All officers and employees in the Executive Department of...
NRS 284.022 - Inclusion of employees of certain governmental agencies in State Personnel System. - The Division may include within the Personnel System all employees...
NRS 284.023 - Appointing authority authorized to enforce health and safety requirements notwithstanding protections for hair texture and protective hairstyles. - Notwithstanding the protections in this chapter for hair texture and...
NRS 284.025 - Division of Human Resource Management: Creation; administration of chapter. - 1. The Division of Human Resource Management of the Department...
NRS 284.030 - Personnel Commission: Creation; appointment of members and alternate members. - 1. There is hereby created in the Division a Personnel...
NRS 284.035 - Personnel Commission: Prohibition against member holding or seeking partisan political office or employment with State. - No member of the Commission shall have held a partisan...
NRS 284.040 - Personnel Commission: Terms and removal of members. - 1. The members of the Commission shall serve at the...
NRS 284.045 - Personnel Commission: Salaries and expenses of members. - 1. While engaged in official business of the Division, the...
NRS 284.050 - Personnel Commission: Chair; Secretary; duty of Administrator to keep minutes and audio recordings or transcripts. - 1. The Governor shall designate one of the members of...
NRS 284.055 - Personnel Commission: Meetings; quorum; majority vote; rights and duties of alternate members; duty of Commission to keep minutes and audio recordings or transcripts; public records. - 1. The members of the Commission may meet at the...
NRS 284.060 - Personnel Commission: Rules for management. - The Commission shall prescribe rules and regulations for its own...
NRS 284.065 - Personnel Commission: Powers and duties. - 1. The Commission has only such powers and duties as...
NRS 284.068 - Employee-Management Committee: Creation; appointment and terms of members. - 1. The Employee-Management Committee, consisting of six members appointed by...
NRS 284.071 - Employee-Management Committee: Chair; rules; meetings; secretarial services. - 1. The Chair of the Employee-Management Committee must be chosen...
NRS 284.073 - Employee-Management Committee: Duties. - 1. The Employee-Management Committee shall: (a) Serve in an advisory...
NRS 284.074 - Employee-Management Committee: Issuance and enforcement of subpoenas. - 1. In carrying out the provisions of paragraph (e) of...
NRS 284.0745 - Employee-Management Committee: Subpoenas extend to all parts of state; service of subpoenas; fees, mileage and expenses of witnesses. - 1. A subpoena issued by the Chair of the Employee-Management...
NRS 284.075 - Administrator: Qualifications; other employment prohibited. - The Administrator: 1. Shall not engage in any other gainful...
NRS 284.091 - Hearing officers: Appointment; duties. - A majority of the members of the Commission shall appoint...
NRS 284.100 - Employees of Division. - The Administrator shall appoint such employees of the Division and...
NRS 284.105 - Duties of Administrator. - 1. The Administrator shall direct and supervise all administrative and...
NRS 284.110 - Personnel Operating Fund: Creation; sources; uses. - 1. The Personnel Operating Fund is hereby created as an...
NRS 284.115 - Administrative costs: Budgeting; payment by state departments, agencies and institutions. - 1. The Administrator shall: (a) Maintain accurate records reflecting the...
NRS 284.121 - Reports of appointing authorities regarding appointments, transfers, separations, suspensions, reinstatements, reductions or other changes to positions in public service. - Each appointing authority shall report to the Administrator in writing,...
NRS 284.123 - Reports of appointing authorities concerning equity in workplace. - 1. Each appointing authority shall file a report annually with...
NRS 284.125 - Investigation of duplication of work; duties of Administrator. - 1. When requested by the Governor, the Legislature, or their...
NRS 284.130 - Assistance of state and local officers. - The Administrator may request officers and employees in the Executive...
NRS 284.135 - Services and facilities of Division available to political subdivisions. - 1. Subject to regulations adopted by the Commission, the services...
NRS 284.139 - Unclassified service: "Agency" defined. - As used in NRS 284.140, "agency" means every board and...
NRS 284.140 - Unclassified service: Composition. - The unclassified service of the State consists of the following...
NRS 284.143 - Unclassified service: Certain persons may pursue other businesses or occupations or other office for profit. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 281.127, a person in...
NRS 284.145 - Appointment to position in unclassified service from registers of eligible persons. - Officers authorized by law to make appointments to positions in...
NRS 284.147 - Unclassified service: Heads of departments may employ deputies and employees necessary to fill unclassified positions; salaries. - Unless otherwise provided by law, elective officers and the heads...
NRS 284.148 - Unclassified and classified service: Persons exempt pursuant to federal Fair Labor Standards Act; determination of exempt positions by Division. - 1. An elected officer or an employee in the unclassified...
NRS 284.150 - Classified service: Composition; limitations on appointment, transfer, promotion, demotion or discharge; discrimination prohibited. - 1. The classified service of the State of Nevada is...
NRS 284.155 - Regulations for classified service. - 1. The Commission shall adopt a code of regulations for...
NRS 284.160 - Classification plan for classified service; changes in plan; procedure for making certain changes without approval of Commission. - 1. The Administrator shall prepare, maintain and revise as necessary...
NRS 284.165 - Allocation of positions; hearing; review by Commission. - 1. As soon as practicable and after consultation with appointing...
NRS 284.170 - Establishment of titles and grades for each class of employment; description of duties; specification of minimum qualifications. - 1. Titles and grades shall be established for each class...
NRS 284.171 - Index of broad occupational groups. - For the purposes of NRS 353.205 and 353.224, the Administrator...
NRS 284.172 - List of positions in classified service primarily performing data processing; approval of new position or reclassification to position on list. - 1. The Administrator shall prepare, maintain and revise as necessary...
NRS 284.175 - Plan for payment of classified employees: Preparation; approval; contents; regulations; recommendations to Legislature. - 1. After consultation with appointing authorities and state fiscal officers,...
NRS 284.180 - Pay plan to set official rates applicable to all positions in classified service; overtime; workweek for certain firefighters; innovative workweeks; existing contracts of employment; report; payment for working on holiday. - 1. The Legislature declares that since uniform salary and wage...
NRS 284.181 - Agreements concerning provision of compensatory vacation time instead of monetary payment for overtime. - A department, agency or institution within the Executive Department of...
NRS 284.185 - Certification of payroll by Administrator. - The State Controller or any other state fiscal officer shall...
NRS 284.190 - Liability for unlawful payment: Action for recovery; disposition of proceeds of action. - 1. Every officer who willfully makes a payment of salary...
NRS 284.195 - Action by employee against appointing authority if appointed contrary to law and regulations; reimbursement of appointing authority prohibited. - 1. Any person employed or appointed contrary to the provisions...
NRS 284.200 - Proceeding to compel Administrator to certify payroll. - If the Administrator wrongfully withholds certification of the payroll or...
NRS 284.205 - Competitive examinations: Regulations. - The Commission shall adopt regulations for open competitive examinations to...
NRS 284.210 - Competitive examinations: Requirements; contents; persons conducting examinations. - 1. All competitive examinations for positions in the classified service...
NRS 284.215 - Examination of persons with disabilities. - A person with a disability must be examined in a...
NRS 284.220 - Certificates of general or special qualifications. - The Administrator may require applicants, when filing their applications, to...
NRS 284.230 - Time and place of holding examination; use of public buildings. - 1. Examinations must be held at such times and places...
NRS 284.235 - Designation of persons to assist in examinations. - The Administrator may designate appropriate persons, including officers and employees...
NRS 284.240 - Grounds for refusal to examine or certify. - The Administrator may refuse to examine an applicant or, after...
NRS 284.245 - Statement of Administrator upon refusal to examine or certify; appeal to Commission. - 1. When the Administrator refuses to examine an applicant or,...
NRS 284.250 - Regulations for establishment of lists of eligible persons; limitation on term of eligibility. - 1. The Commission shall adopt regulations for the establishment of...
NRS 284.253 - Preference on list for residents of Nevada. - In establishing the lists of eligible persons, a preference must...
NRS 284.254 - Preference on list for person separated from service because agency terminated. - In establishing lists of eligible persons, a preference must be...
NRS 284.255 - Appointments to be made from appropriate lists. - 1. Appointments must be made from the appropriate eligible list,...
NRS 284.260 - Preferences for veterans, certain surviving spouses and members of Nevada National Guard: Additional credits on examination. - 1. In establishing the lists of eligible persons, the following...
NRS 284.265 - Notice of new positions and vacancies: Certification of names by Administrator; appointing authority required to interview certain veterans. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.305, appointing authorities...
NRS 284.281 - Unclassified service: Policies and procedures. - 1. Unless, pursuant to a specific provision of state or...
NRS 284.283 - Classified service: Policies and procedures. - 1. Unless, pursuant to a specific provision of state or...
NRS 284.286 - Prohibition against appointing authority taking certain actions relating to wage or salary history of applicant; circumstances under which appointing authority required to provide wage or salary range or rate for position; inquiry by ap... - 1. An appointing authority shall not, orally or in writing,...
NRS 284.290 - Probationary period: Length; dismissal or demotion; notification by appointing authority regarding permanent status. - 1. All original competitive appointments to and promotions within the...
NRS 284.295 - Vacancy filled by promotion; eligibility; competitive examinations. - 1. Vacancies in positions must be filled, so far as...
NRS 284.300 - Commission to adopt regulations governing employment of promotional appointee who fails to attain permanent status. - 1. The Commission shall adopt regulations requiring that a promotional...
NRS 284.305 - Provisions and regulations for filling positions in classified service without competition. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, positions in...
NRS 284.307 - Automatic advancement of person in training or preparatory position. - An employee who holds a position classified as a training...
NRS 284.309 - Waiver of examination if fewer than five qualified applicants. - If a competitive examination is required for a vacancy and...
NRS 284.310 - Provisional appointment. - 1. Whenever there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy...
NRS 284.315 - Emergency appointment. - In case of an emergency, an appointment may be made...
NRS 284.317 - Appointment of persons with disabilities. - Full consideration must be given to the employment of a...
NRS 284.320 - Appointments requiring exceptional scientific, professional or expert qualifications. - 1. In case of a vacancy in a position where...
NRS 284.325 - Temporary appointment. - 1. The Commission shall adopt regulations not inconsistent with this...
NRS 284.327 - Temporary limited appointment of persons with disabilities; limitations; regulations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if an...
NRS 284.330 - Reinstatement of permanent appointee after separation without prejudice. - Any person who has held a position by permanent appointment...
NRS 284.335 - Standards; records and ratings for service. - 1. The appointing authorities and other supervising officers of the...
NRS 284.337 - Reports: Duties of supervisor. - An employee whose duties include the supervision of an employee...
NRS 284.338 - Reports: Training in proper preparation. - An employee who is required to prepare a report on...
NRS 284.340 - Reports: Duties of appointing authority. - Each appointing authority shall: 1. Report to the Administrator, in...
NRS 284.343 - Stipends for training and educational leave for employees: Regulations; exceptions; restrictions; grants. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, after consultation...
NRS 284.345 - Regulations for attendance and leave of absence; personnel of Nevada System of Higher Education. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Commission...
NRS 284.350 - Annual leave. [Effective through January 31, 2022.] Annual leave. [Effective February 1, 2022.] - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2, 3 and...
NRS 284.355 - Leave for sickness and disability: Accrual; payment for unused leave; employees with mental or emotional disorders; forfeiture of leave. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all employees...
NRS 284.357 - Deduction from salary for service during working hours as volunteer firefighter, voluntary medical technician, volunteer reserve member of police department or sheriff’s office or volunteer ambulance driver or attendant prohibited. - 1. All employees, whether in the classified or in the...
NRS 284.358 - Civil leave with reduced pay when performing active military service in time of war or emergency. - 1. An officer or employee in the public service who...
NRS 284.359 - Military leave of absence; reinstatement. - A permanent or probationary employee who performs active military service...
NRS 284.360 - Leave of absence without pay. - 1. Any person holding a permanent position in the classified...
NRS 284.362 - Catastrophic leave: Definitions. - 1. As used in NRS 284.362 to 284.3629, inclusive: (a)...
NRS 284.3621 - Catastrophic leave: Account for catastrophic leave; transfer of hours to account; limitations on transfers; transfers between branches of government. - 1. Each appointing authority may establish an account for catastrophic...
NRS 284.3622 - Catastrophic leave: Request for transfer to employee of hours from account for catastrophic leave. - 1. An employee of an appointing authority may request, in...
NRS 284.3623 - Catastrophic leave: Approval of transfer of hours to employee. - The appointing authority may approve the transfer of a specified...
NRS 284.3624 - Catastrophic leave: Review of status of employee regarding catastrophe; termination of leave; disposition of hours not used. - 1. The appointing authority shall review the status of the...
NRS 284.3625 - Catastrophic leave: Maintenance of records; reports to Administrator. - Each appointing authority shall maintain records and report to the...
NRS 284.3626 - Catastrophic leave: Regulations of Commission. - The Commission shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions...
NRS 284.3627 - Committee on Catastrophic Leave: Creation; members; terms; vacancies; members serve without compensation. - 1. There is hereby created within the Division the Committee...
NRS 284.3628 - Committee on Catastrophic Leave: Chair and Vice Chair; quorum; rules; hearings; Secretary. - 1. The members of the Committee shall elect a Chair...
NRS 284.3629 - Committee on Catastrophic Leave: Appeal of decision of appointing authority; procedure; representation of employee; finality of decision; inapplicability of Open Meeting Law. - 1. An employee aggrieved by any decision of an appointing...
NRS 284.375 - Conditions. - In accordance with regulations established by the Commission, transfers in...
NRS 284.376 - Involuntary transfer; hearing; remedies. - 1. Within 10 working days after the effective date of...
NRS 284.3775 - Transfer of certain employees in Judicial Branch, unclassified service or Legislative Branch to classified service; exceptions; rights of employee in classified service who accepted position in Legislative Branch. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, employees of...
NRS 284.379 - Separation or disability retirement of employee with disability. - In the employment of a person with a disability in...
NRS 284.380 - Layoffs; reemployment lists. - 1. In accordance with regulations, an appointing authority may lay...
NRS 284.381 - Limitation on revocation of resignation by employee. - Once an employee’s written resignation is accepted by the employee’s...
NRS 284.383 - Use of disciplinary measures; employee entitled to receive copy of findings or recommendations; classified employee entitled to receive copy of policy explaining information relating to disciplinary action. - 1. The Commission shall adopt by regulation a system for...
NRS 284.384 - Adjustment of certain grievances and complaints: Regulations; appeal to Employee-Management Committee; enforcement of binding decisions of Employee-Management Committee; representation of employee. - 1. The Commission shall adopt regulations which provide for the...
NRS 284.385 - Dismissals, demotions and suspensions; regulations. - 1. An appointing authority may: (a) Dismiss or demote any...
NRS 284.387 - Internal administrative investigations leading to certain disciplinary action: Right of employee to written notice of allegations before questioning and to representation; deadline for and notification to employee of completion; extensi... - 1. An employee who is the subject of an internal...
NRS 284.390 - Hearing to determine reasonableness of dismissal, demotion or suspension; production of documents; representation; evidence; written decision; reinstatement; judicial review. - 1. Within 10 working days after the effective date of...
NRS 284.391 - Hearings: Issuance of subpoenas; discovery; oaths; examination of witnesses. - 1. The hearing officer may, upon application of any party...
NRS 284.392 - Hearings: Subpoenas extend to all parts of State; service of subpoenas; attendance of witnesses. - A subpoena issued pursuant to NRS 284.391 extends to all...
NRS 284.393 - Hearings: Fees, mileage and expenses of witnesses. - 1. All witnesses appearing pursuant to subpoena, other than parties...
NRS 284.405 - Hearings and investigations may be held in public buildings. - Upon request of the Administrator, the officers having control of...
NRS 284.406 - Policy concerning use of alcohol or drugs by state employees. - It is the policy of this state to ensure that...
NRS 284.4061 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 284.406 to 284.407, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 284.4062 - Employee who consumes or is under the influence of alcohol or drugs or who possesses controlled substance on duty is subject to disciplinary action; state agency required to refer certain employees to employee assistance program; regul... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4,...
NRS 284.4063 - Grounds for disciplinary action: Failure to notify supervisor after consuming certain drugs; failure or refusal to submit to screening test; failure of screening test; regulations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and subsection...
NRS 284.4064 - Appointing authority authorized to require employee who has consumed drug to obtain clearance from physician; inquiry regarding use of alcohol or drug by employee; preventing employee from continuing work. - 1. If an employee informs the employee’s appointing authority that...
NRS 284.4065 - Screening tests: General provisions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an appointing...
NRS 284.4066 - Screening tests: Applicants for positions affecting public safety required to take screening test; appointing authority required to consider results; provision of results to applicant upon request; appointing authority required to prov... - 1. Each appointing authority shall, subject to the approval of...
NRS 284.4067 - Screening tests: Requirements for administration; use; results. - 1. A screening test: (a) To detect the general presence...
NRS 284.4068 - Screening tests: Results confidential; admissibility of results; maintenance of results; disclosure. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 and 284.4066, the...
NRS 284.4069 - Training for supervisors. - The Division shall provide training in the provisions of NRS...
NRS 284.407 - Regulations. - The Commission shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to...
NRS 284.408 - Declaration of state policy concerning sex- or gender-based harassment; prohibition against sex- or gender-based harassment. - 1. It is the policy of this State to ensure...
NRS 284.4082 - Policy concerning sex- or gender-based harassment: Adoption, maintenance and review by Administrator; provision to employees. - 1. The Administrator shall adopt and maintain a policy concerning...
NRS 284.4084 - Required notifications by appointing authority upon receipt of complaint regarding sex- or gender-based harassment or discrimination. - Upon receipt of a complaint filed by an employee alleging...
NRS 284.4086 - Creation and duties of Sex- or Gender-Based Harassment and Discrimination Investigation Unit; investigation and resolution of complaint regarding sex- or gender-based harassment or discrimination; confidentiality of complaint and relat... - 1. The Sex- or Gender-Based Harassment and Discrimination Investigation Unit...
NRS 284.410 - False statement or report; fraud. - No person shall make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating...
NRS 284.415 - Receipt or payment of consideration for appointment or promotion. - No person shall, directly or indirectly, give, render, pay, offer,...
NRS 284.420 - Obstruction of right to examination, eligibility, certification or appointment; furnishing special or secret information. - An employee of the Division, examiner, or other person shall...
NRS 284.425 - Member of subversive organization ineligible for appointment or employment in public service. - 1. Any person who has been or remains a member...
NRS 284.430 - Penalties. - 1. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this...