N.M. Admin. Code § 1.7.7.14

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 1.7.7.14 - ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE

A. An agency may authorize employees leave with pay for up to five consecutive workdays when it is in the best interests of the agency to do so. Administrative leave in excess of five consecutive workdays must have the prior written approval of the director except for administrative leave granted in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph (2) of Subsection B of 1.7.8.19 NMAC or Paragraph (2) of Subsection D of 1.7.8.19 NMAC or 1.7.11.12 NMAC.

B. Employees who are members of a state board or commission may be entitled to leave with pay to attend meetings or transact business of the board or commission.

C. Employees who are registered voters may absent themselves from work for two hours for the purpose of voting between the time of the opening and the time of the closing of the polls. The employer may specify the hours during the period in which the voter may be absent. This leave is not available to employees whose workday begins more than two hours subsequent to the time of opening the polls or ends more than three hours prior to the time of closing the polls. This leave is only available for those elections listed in Subsection A of Sections 1-12-42 and 1-1-19 NMSA 1978 and does not apply to absentee or early voting.

D. Employees shall be entitled to administrative leave when appearing during regularly scheduled work hours in obedience to a subpoena as a witness before a grand jury or court or before a federal or state agency. Fees received as a witness, excluding reimbursement for travel, shall be remitted to the employee's agency. Employees shall not be entitled to administrative leave to participate in judicial or administrative proceedings against an agency or the state of New Mexico in which the employee is a litigant in or party to the proceeding.

E. Employees shall be entitled to leave with pay for serving on a grand or petit jury during regularly scheduled work hours. Fees received as a juror, excluding reimbursement for travel, shall be remitted to the employee's agency.

F. Employees with a child or children enrolled in a school shall be entitled to the following amounts of paid administrative leave for parent-teacher conferences, provided that the express purpose of the leave is to attend a parent-teacher conference during the employee's normal work day; provided that the leave is not being requested for parental participation or assistance in extra-curricular school activities; provided that the employee follows any procedures required by the office or agency to request paid administrative leave for the parent-teacher conference; and, provided that the employee provides reasonable notice to the agency in an effort to avoid disruption to operational needs:

(1) Employees with three or more children may be granted up to four hours of paid administrative leave during the spring semester, and up to four hours of paid administrative leave during the fall semester for parent-teacher conferences; and

(2) Employees with one child or two children may be granted up to two hours of paid administrative leave during the spring semester, and up to two hours of paid administrative leave during the fall semester for parent-teacher conferences.

(3) Two employees may request available leave to attend the same scheduled parent-teacher conference for their children.

N.M. Admin. Code § 1.7.7.14

1.7.7.14 NMAC - Rp, 1 NMAC 7.7.14, 07/07/01; A, 11/14/02; A, 7-15-05, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXX, Issue 24, December 31, 2019, eff. 1/1/2020, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 13, July 7, 2021, eff. 8/1/2021