Nevada § 284.356 - Paid family leave

§ 284.356. Paid family leave

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an employee of the Executive Department

of the State Government who has been employed for not less than 12 consecutive months

is entitled to take 8 weeks of paid family leave: (a) To bond with a newborn child of the employee or a newborn child of the domestic

partner of the employee; (b) To bond with a newly adopted child of the employee; (c) To recover from or undergo treatment for a serious illness; (d) To care for a seriously ill member of the immediate family of the employee; or (e) For a qualifying event resulting from the military deployment to a foreign country

of an immediate family member of the employee. 2. An employee eligible for paid family leave pursuant to subsection 1 must have not

less than 40 hours of sick leave accrued pursuant to NRS 284.355 before taking paid family leave. Any sick leave accrued in excess of 40 hours must be used before taking paid family

leave. 3. An appointing authority shall pay an employee on paid family leave 50 percent of

the regular wage the employee would have earned if the employee was not on leave. 4. An employee that is entitled to take paid family leave pursuant to subsection 1

is not required to take paid family leave consecutively and may take paid family leave

over the course of a 12-month period. 5. An appointing authority or his or her designee shall not deny an eligible employee

the right to take paid family leave in accordance with the provisions of this section

or retaliate or take any adverse action against an employee for taking paid family

leave pursuant to subsection 1. 6. As used in this section: (a) “ Domestic partner ” means a person who is in a domestic partnership which is registered or recognized

pursuant to chapter 122A of NRS and which has not been terminated pursuant to that chapter. (b) “ Immediate family ” means a parent, sibling, child by blood, adoption or marriage, spouse, grandparent

or grandchild. (c) “ Qualifying event ” means any military event or essential need resulting from the military deployment

of an immediate family member. The term includes, without limitation, arranging for child care or parental care

during deployment, representing the military family member at a federal, state or

local event during deployment and addressing issues due to the death of the military

family member. (d) “ Serious illness ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 232.4854 .