NAC284.182. Adjustment and retention of pay progression date; restoration of date of appointment and pay progression date.

     1. An employee receives a new pay progression date if he or she is:

     (a) Promoted to a position that results in an increase of two grades or more; or

     (b) Reinstated.

     2. An employee who is:

     (a) Promoted to a position that results in an increase of one grade;

     (b) In a position that is reclassified to a higher class as a result of an individual classification study or an occupational study;

     (c) Transferred to a position without receiving an increase in grade;

     (d) Reappointed to a position at a grade that he or she formerly held;

     (e) Reemployed and has remained continuously employed; or

     (f) Demoted,

Ê retains the pay progression date held before the action described in paragraphs (a) to (f), inclusive, occurred.

     3. If a person who is eligible for military reemployment is reemployed, he or she retains the pay progression date held when separated from this State for his or her service in the military.

     4. If an employee was promoted but is being restored to his or her former position pursuant to the provisions of NAC 284.462, the date of appointment and pay progression date of the former position must be restored.

     5. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subsection 6, an employee’s pay progression date must be adjusted:

     (a) To equal 1 year of full-time equivalent service for an employee who changes from full-time employment to part-time employment or from part-time employment to full-time employment; or

     (b) On a day-for-day basis for the amount of time the employee:

          (1) Was separated from state service if the employee is reemployed within 1 year after the date on which he or she was laid off or received a seasonal separation.

          (2) Was separated from state service if the employee is a person with a permanent disability arising from a work-related injury or occupational disease who is reemployed within 1 year after the date on which he or she sustained the permanent disability as determined pursuant to NAC 284.6013.

          (3) Was on leave without pay, or on catastrophic leave, if the employee is:

               (I) A nonexempt employee and the leave without pay or catastrophic leave was in excess of 240 hours; or

               (II) An exempt classified employee and the leave without pay or catastrophic leave was in excess of 30 working days,

Ê in a year, except for leave without pay for a work-related injury or illness pursuant to NRS 281.390 or on a military leave of absence pursuant to NRS 284.359 or a leave of absence without pay during a fiscal emergency pursuant to NAC 284.580. An employee whose base hours are more than 80 hours biweekly must be allotted additional leave without pay and catastrophic leave in proportion to the base hours for his or her pay class designation. As used in this subparagraph, “year” means a period equal to 12 months of full-time equivalent service measured backward from the employee’s pay progression date.

     6. If the number of total hours of leave without pay or catastrophic leave of a nonexempt employee that exceed 240 hours is less than 1 day of full-time equivalent service for the pay class designation of the employee, an adjustment will not be made for those hours.

     7. If an employee is on leave without pay, or on catastrophic leave, on his or her pay progression date, any adjustment to his or her pay progression date will be made after he or she returns to work.

     [Personnel Div., Rule III part § G, eff. 8-11-73]—(NAC A by Dep’t of Personnel, 10-26-84; 8-28-85; 5-27-86; 8-22-86; 4-19-88; 7-21-89; 10-18-89; 3-27-92; 7-6-92; 9-16-92; 11-16-95; 3-1-96; 10-27-97; 10-27-97; R043-99, 9-27-99; R147-01, 1-22-2002; A by Personnel Comm’n by R182-03, 1-27-2004; R022-05, 10-31-2005; R142-05, 12-29-2005)