NAC284.662. Providing assistance to employee.

     1. An employee filing for a review of a grievance may be assisted or represented by any person of his or her choosing, if the person agrees to act in this capacity, at any step of the procedure except the initial informal discussion with his or her immediate supervisor.

     2. If the assistant is a state employee, he or she may only assist on his or her own time.

     3. An employee may not be discriminated against in recruitment, examination, appointment, training, promotion, retention, classification or any other personnel action for informally seeking or formally filing a request to have his or her grievance reviewed, testifying on behalf of another employee, helping another employee prepare a grievance report or acting as a representative of any employee requesting a review of a grievance.

     4. To assist in resolving an employee’s grievance, the resources and consultation available from the Division of Human Resource Management and the personnel offices of the agency must be made available to all parties.

     [Personnel Div., Rule XV part § A, 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 R096-03, 10-30-2003)