41-778. State employees; mentoring

A. The director shall provide in the personnel rules a procedure that allows state employees to voluntarily engage in activities that support mentoring, education and youth development of school age youths in this state.

B. The rules shall:

1. Encourage state employees to volunteer as mentors to school age youths at public schools, private schools or home schools or through faith-based organizations.

2. Include:

(a) Up to one hour of flex time per week, not to exceed five hours per calendar month.

(b) Provisions that the flex time must be made up within the same work week that it is taken and that flex time is unpaid, cannot be accrued and does not count toward overtime hours.

41-778. State employees; mentoring

A. The director shall provide in the personnel rules a procedure that allows state employees to voluntarily engage in activities that support mentoring, education and youth development of school age youths in this state.

B. The rules shall:

1. Encourage state employees to volunteer as mentors to school age youths at public schools, private schools or home schools or through faith-based organizations.

2. Include:

(a) Up to one hour of flex time per week, not to exceed five hours per calendar month.

(b) Provisions that the flex time must be made up within the same work week that it is taken and that flex time is unpaid, cannot be accrued and does not count toward overtime hours.