285.060 - Suggestions: Submission; agency’s findings and recommendations; review, evaluation and recommendations by Board.
285.060 Suggestions: Submission; agency’s findings and recommendations; review, evaluation and recommendations by Board.
1. Employee suggestions shall be submitted in writing to the Board.
2. The Board may establish such additional standards for submission of suggestions as it deems proper.
3. The Secretary of the Board shall receive, record and acknowledge receipt of suggestions, and shall notify the suggestor of any undue delays in the consideration of the suggestion.
4. Suggestions shall be referred at once to the state agency or agencies affected for consideration. Within 30 days the agency shall report its findings and recommendations to the Board. The agency report shall indicate:
(a) Whether a suggestion has been adopted.
(b) If adopted, the day on which a suggestion was placed in effect.
(c) If adopted, any actual or estimated reduction, elimination or avoidance of expenditures or improvement in operations made possible by an employee’s suggestion.
(d) If rejected, the reasons for rejection.
5. The Board shall review agency findings and recommendations and may obtain additional information or take such other action as is necessary for prompt, thorough and impartial consideration of each suggestion.
6. The Board shall evaluate each suggestion, taking into consideration agency action, staff recommendations and the objectives of the Merit Award Program. For each suggestion eligible for an award the Board shall formulate an official recommendation covering the merit of the suggestion, and the amount of recommended award.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1066)