NAC284.682. Appeal of grievance to next appropriate level.

     1. If the employee and the employee’s appointing authority agree that the correction of the matter under appeal is beyond the control of a level of supervision contemplated in this procedure or if the Administrator or his or her designee, in consultation with the employee’s appointing authority, determines that the submission of the grievance to the supervisor would be a useless act, the aggrieved employee may appeal directly to the next appropriate level.

     2. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 284.692, an employee has 10 working days to refer his or her grievance to the next level after:

     (a) He or she receives notification of the action; or

     (b) The passage of 10 working days after the grievance is deemed to have been received,

Ê whichever occurs first, at each step in the procedure.

     [Personnel Div., Rule XV § A part subsec. 1, eff. 8-11-73; A 6-9-74; 2-5-82]—(NAC A by Dep’t of Personnel, 10-26-84; A by Personnel Comm’n by R065-98, 7-24-98; R023-05, 10-31-2005; R064-09, 10-27-2009)