Section 93-15-001 - Working ScheduleA schedule of working hours, which reflect individual job requirements, will be determined by the appropriate Office Administrator and the immediate supervisor. All employees will use the electronic calendar provided by the Department that will be accessible with full details to the immediate supervisor, indirect supervisor of the employee, and to others as directed by anyone in the employee's chain of command. All employees will establish their schedule of work hours approved by their supervisor and record that schedule of work hours in their electronic calendar. All employees are accountable for a forty (40) hour workweek unless employed less than full-time for which work hours for a workweek are equivalent to the percentage of their employment for each week. All employees will record in advance on their electronic calendar all meetings, travel, and leave time. Emergencies or unforeseen medical needs are exceptions to advance recording so long as an employee immediately provides a written explanation to their supervisor no later than when first returning to work and promptly records the leave on their electronic calendar.
001.01Change in Work Schedule. Supervisors will provide ten (10) workdays written notice to the affected employees prior to making changes in their permanent work schedules. The supervisor may temporarily change an employee's work schedule for cause without the ten (10) workday notification.001.02Lunch. Each day, employees will have an unpaid lunch break of at least thirty (30) minutes and no more than sixty (60) minutes unless they are scheduled to work six (6) hours or less that day. If an employee is working six (6) hours or less and would like to forgo the lunch break, the supervisor can approve the request. Scheduling the time of the lunch break is subject to the approval of the immediate supervisor. Schedule requests will not be unreasonably denied by the supervisor. Employees may not take a lunch break for a shorter period of time than one-half (1/2) hour. A lunch break may not be saved for use in shortening the workday.001.03Breaks. A rest break of fifteen (15) minutes may be taken during each four (4) hours an employee is on the job. Break time may not be saved for use in shortening the workday or in extending the lunch break. Rest breaks are considered work time.001.04Overtime. Nothing contained in this Chapter will be construed as limiting the Department's right to require overtime work by employees, subject to the provisions of Chapter 8 of this Title.001.05Job Sharing. Job sharing may be allowed by mutual agreement of the Deputy Commissioner, the appropriate Office Administrator, and the immediate supervisor. The Department will attempt to maintain job sharing arrangements in effect as of the effective date of this Chapter for as long as is practical and both involved employees remain employed in their current positions.93 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 15, § 001
Amended effective 11/4/2015.Amended effective 7/5/2017.Amended effective 12/1/2018Amended effective 12/2/2018Amended effective 6/2/2024