Assembly Bill No. 122–Assemblymen de Braga, Anderson, Berman, Chowning, Collins, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Manendo, Oceguera, Parks and Smith

 

February 13, 2001

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Referred to Concurrent Committees on Government Affairs
and Ways and Means

 

SUMMARY—Requires payment for all accrued unused sick leave of state employee under certain circumstances. (BDR 23‑691)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to state employees; requiring payment for all accrued unused sick leave of a state employee under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1.  NRS 284.355 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    284.355  1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, all

1-3  employees in the public service, whether in the classified or unclassified

1-4  service, are entitled to sick and disability leave with pay of 1 1/4 working

1-5  days for each month of service, which may be cumulative from year to

1-6  year. After an employee has accumulated 90 working days of sick leave,

1-7  the amount of additional unused sick leave which he is entitled to carry

1-8  forward from [one] 1 year to the next is limited to one-half of the unused

1-9  sick leave accrued during that year, but the department may by regulation

1-10  provide for subsequent use of unused sick leave accrued but not carried

1-11  forward [by reason] because of this limitation in cases where the employee

1-12  is suffering from a long-term or chronic illness and has used all sick leave

1-13  otherwise available to him. Upon the retirement of an employee, his

1-14  termination through no fault of his own or his death while in public

1-15  employment, the employee or his beneficiaries are entitled to payment for

1-16  his unused sick leave [in excess of 30 days, exclusive of] , including,

1-17  without limitation, any unused sick leave accrued but not carried forward .


2-1  [, according to his number of years of public service, except service with a

2-2  political subdivision of the state, as follows:

2-3    (a) For 10 years of service or more but less than 15 years, not more than

2-4  $2,500.

2-5    (b) For 15 years of service or more but less than 20 years, not more than

2-6  $4,000.

2-7    (c) For 20 years of service or more but less than 25 years, not more than

2-8  $6,000.

2-9    (d) For 25 years of service or more, not more than $8,000.] The

2-10  department may by regulation provide for additional sick and disability

2-11  leave for long-term employees and for prorated sick and disability leave for

2-12  part-time employees.

2-13    2.  An employee entitled to payment for unused sick leave pursuant to

2-14  subsection 1 may elect to receive the payment in any one or more of the

2-15  following forms:

2-16    (a) A lump-sum payment.

2-17    (b) An advanced payment of the premiums or contributions for

2-18  insurance coverage for which he is otherwise eligible pursuant to chapter

2-19  287 of NRS. If the insurance coverage is terminated and the money

2-20  advanced for premiums or contributions pursuant to this subsection

2-21  exceeds the amount which is payable for premiums or contributions for the

2-22  period for which the former employee was actually covered, the unused

2-23  portion of the advanced payment must be paid promptly to the former

2-24  employee or, if he is deceased, to his beneficiary.

2-25    (c) The purchase of additional retirement credit, if he is otherwise

2-26  eligible pursuant to chapter 286 of NRS.

2-27    3.  Officers and members of the faculty of the University and

2-28  Community College System of Nevada are entitled to sick and disability

2-29  leave as provided by the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 2 of

2-30  NRS 284.345.

2-31    4.  The department may by regulation provide policies concerning

2-32  employees with mental or emotional disorders which:

2-33    (a) [Utilize] Use a liberal approach to the granting of sick leave or leave

2-34  without pay [when] to such an employee if it is necessary for [them] him

2-35  to be absent for treatment or temporary hospitalization.

2-36    (b) Provide for the retention of [their jobs] the job of such an employee

2-37  for a reasonable [periods] period of absence, and [where] if an extended

2-38  absence necessitates separation or retirement, provide for [their] the

2-39  reemployment of such an employee if at all possible after recovery.

2-40    (c) Protect employee benefits [such as] , including, without limitation,

2-41  retirement, life insurance and health benefits.

2-42    5.  The director shall establish by regulation a schedule for the accrual

2-43  of sick leave for employees who regularly work more than 40 hours per

2-44  week or 80 hours biweekly. The schedule must provide for the accrual of

2-45  sick leave at the same rate proportionately as employees who work a 40-

2-46  hour week accrue sick leave.

2-47    6.  The department may investigate any instance in which it believes

2-48  that an employee has taken sick or disability leave to which he was not

2-49  entitled. If, after notice to the employee and a hearing, the commission


3-1  determines that he has [in fact] taken sick or disability leave to which he

3-2  was not entitled, the commission may order the forfeiture of all or part of

3-3  his accrued sick leave.

3-4    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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