Section 284.5242 - Break times and place for mother of a child under 1 year of age to express breast milk: Duties of appointing authority1. Except as otherwise provided by NRS 281.755, the appointing authority of an employee who is the mother of a child under 1 year of age shall: (a) Authorize the employee to take reasonable break times to express breast milk as needed, including, without limitation, modifying the timing of the normal rest periods of an employee so that the normal rest periods occur at a time other than in the middle of a 4-hour period of work; and(b) Provide a place, other than a bathroom, that is reasonably free from dirt or pollution, protected from the view of others and free from intrusion by others.2. If an employee described in subsection 1 determines that the normal rest periods of the employee do not provide sufficient time to express breast milk as needed, the appointing authority of the employee shall, except as otherwise provided by NRS 281.755: (a) Approve the use of accrued annual leave, accrued compensatory time or leave without pay to make up the difference, if any, between the normal rest periods of the employee and the time the employee uses to express breast milk; or(b) Authorize the employee to modify her work schedule to make up the difference, if any, between the normal rest periods of the employee and the time the employee uses to express breast milk.3. As used in this section, "normal rest periods" means the rest periods required pursuant to NAC 284.524.Nev. Admin. Code § 284.5242
Added to NAC by Personnel Comm'n by R033-17, eff. 10-31-2017
NRS 281.755, 284.065, 284.384