EXECUTIVE ORDER 2024-006
Order Extending Executive Order 2023-011 Which Extended 2023-010 Which Removed Certain Hiring Criteria Regarding Minimum Qualifications, The Usage of Certain Selective Criterion in Hiring, and Employee Classification-Related Minimum Qualifications for Auto-Progression
WHEREAS, the various agencies of the State of Nevada play a vital role in providing services to its
citizens and businesses; and
WHEREAS, on September 18, 2023, Executive Order 2023-010 ("EO 2023-010") "Order
Temporarily Removing Certain Hiring Criteria Regarding Minimum Qualifications, The Usage of
Certain Selective Criterion in Hiring, and Employee Classification-Related Minimum Qualifications
for Auto-Progression" was issued; and
WHEREAS, EO 2023-010 was issued because: 1) the various agencies of the State of Nevada play
a critical role in providing services to both businesses and employees; 2) the State previously
faced a 24.33% vacancy rate in legislatively approved positions; 3) the State has committed itself
to providing competitive wages and benefit plans for its employees, evidenced by the Legislature
approving and the Governor signing 12% and 11% annual cost-of-living increases over the next
biennium; and 4) Executive Order 2023-002 required the Department of Administration (the
"Department") to address recruitment and retention issues identified through an examination of
the State's Human Resources System; and
WHEREAS, EO 2023-010 required, for a period of 90 days, that the Department: 1) "suspend
minimum qualifications for candidates for employment for all job classifications graded at a level
29 and below"; 2) "suspend the minimum qualifications associated with auto-progressions within
job classification series' graded at a level 29 and below, deferring to the Appointing Authority's
determination that an employee meets the criteria established for auto progression"; and 3)
"discontinue the use of selective criterion for candidate evaluation for eligibility for hiring"; and
WHEREAS, on December 15, 2023, Executive Order 2023-011 ("EO 2023-011") "Order Extending
Executive Order 2023-010 Which Removed Certain Hiring Criteria Regarding Minimum
Qualifications, The Usage of Certain Selective Criterion in Hiring, and Employee ClassificationRelated
Minimum Qualifications for Auto-Progression" was issued, effective until June 30, 2024,
and will expire on such date; and
WHEREAS, EO 2023-010 and EO 2023-011 have been successful in attracting and efficiently
employing competitive applicants for roles in State government, and it is advantageous to the
State to continue this beneficial employment activity until December 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, Article 5, Section 1 of the Nevada Constitution provides: "The supreme executive
power of this State, shall be vested in a Chief Magistrate who shall be Governor of the State of
Nevada."
NOW, THEREFORE by the authority vested in me as Governor by the Constitution and laws of the
State of Nevada and the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
SECTION 1:
Effective immediately, all the provisions contained in EO 2023-010 and EO 2023-011 are
extended and will remain in full effect until December 31, 2024.
SECTION 2:
The Department shall continue the suspension of minimum qualifications for candidates
for employment for all job classifications graded at a level 29 and below until December
31, 2024. By such date, a review of hiring performance will be completed and will
determine whether a further period of minimum qualifications suspension would be
beneficial to the recruitment and retention efforts at the State of Nevada.
SECTION 3:
The Department shall continue the suspension of the minimum qualifications associated
with auto-progressions within job classification series' graded at a level 29 and below,
deferring to the Appointing Authority's determination that an employee meets the
criteria established for auto-progression, until December 31, 2024. By such date, a review
of retention performance will be completed and will determine whether a further period
of suspension of minimum qualifications for auto-progression within job classification
series would be beneficial to the retention efforts at the State of Nevada.
SECTION 4:
All recruitments for Statewide employment will maintain the discontinuance of the use
of selective criterion for candidate evaluation for eligibility for hiring until December 31,
2024. By such date, a review of hiring performance will be completed and will determine
whether a further period of selective criterion suspension would be beneficial to the
recruitment and retention efforts at the State of Nevada.