Opinion No. (1983)

REQUESTED BY: Steven J. Mercure, County Attorney Johnson County, Nebraska. 1. Are elected county officials and their employees required to comply with the provisions of a personnel policy adopted by the board of commissioners of that county?

2. In the event an elected county official is temporarily absent from his office because of sickness, pregnancy or disability, is the board of commissioners of said county empowered to withhold the salary of that official during the period of time that official is on sick leave or maternity leave?

1. No.

2. No.

1. The law appears to be well settled that a…