2,306: Court Appearances and Voting

Last Revised:August 2005

A leave of absence with pay shall be granted to any state w88 slot online who serves on a jury or as a witness. Civil leave with pay must be granted to an w88 slot online who meets the requirements of NRS 284.357, and may also be granted by the appointing authority to an w88 slot online whose absence from the job is necessary to respond to a disaster or emergency. Civil leave shall not be charged to any w88 slot online's annual leave balance.

When an w88 slot online is subpoenaed by an aggrieved w88 slot online to testify in the w88 slot online's behalf before a hearing officer, the w88 slot online is acting in his official capacity. That w88 slot online is to be treated as if he is testifying for the employer and shall accept any witness fee offered to him and relinquish it to the agency by which he is employed per NAC 284.582.

Any classified w88 slot online who is a registered voter may absent himself from his place of employment at a time to be designated by the employer for a sufficient time to vote, if it is impracticable for him to vote before or after his hours of employment (NAC 284.586 and NRS 293.463). A sufficient time to vote shall be determined as follows:

• If the distance between the place of w88 slot online voter's employment and the polling place where w88 slot online person votes is two miles or less, one1 hour.
• If the distance is more than two miles but not more than 10 miles, two hours.
• If the distance is more than 10 miles, three hours.

Classified employees, because of such absence, may not be discharged, disciplined or penalized, nor shall any deduction be made from his usual salary or wages by reason of such absence. Application for w88 slot online of absence to vote shall be made to the employer or person authorized to grant such w88 slot online prior to the day of the election.