NAC284.656. Notice.

Except as otherwise provided in NAC 284.6563, if an appointing authority proposes that a permanent employee be dismissed, suspended or demoted, the following procedure for providing notice of the proposed action must be followed:

     1. The employee must be given at least 10 working days’ written notice of the proposed action on the form provided by the Division of Human Resource Management.

     2. The notice may be given in person or by mail. If it is mailed, the notice must be mailed to the employee’s last known address by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. The date stamped on the receipt by the postal service is the date of delivery. If the notice is returned without a return receipt signed by the employee, the employee’s date of receipt shall be deemed to be the third day after the date of the mailing.

     3. The notice must:

     (a) Specify the proposed date on which the action is effective.

     (b) Inform the employee that a hearing has been scheduled on his or her behalf in the manner prescribed in NAC 284.6561 and specify the date, time and place of the hearing.

     (c) Specify the charges, the reasons for them and the cause of action contained in NAC 284.646 or 284.650 on which the proposed action is based.

     4. The notice of the proposed action must be signed by the appointing authority or his or her designated representative before the notice is given to the employee.

     5. Upon its receipt, the employee must be asked to sign the notice. If he or she refuses to sign the notice, the refusal must be noted on the notice. The employee’s signature is not an admission by him or her of any of the allegations set forth in the notice.

     6. If the employee does not understand the reasons for the proposed action or the procedures related to disciplinary actions, including, without limitation, the right to notice, a hearing and an appeal, the employee may seek an explanation from the appointing authority or another person in the agency familiar with the procedure.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Personnel, eff. 10-26-84; A 8-28-85; 7-21-89; 8-1-91; A by Personnel Comm’n, 8-1-91; A by Dep’t of Personnel, 11-12-93; 11-16-95; 11-16-95; A by Personnel Comm’n by R063-09, 11-25-2009)