Personnel Policies Manual

  1. It is the policy of the Navajo Nation to establish and maintain a safe working environment for all employees. Therefore, an employee's workstation or any other site where Navajo Nation business is conducted is declared to be a drug, alcohol, tobacco, and smoke-free environment.

  2. Supervisors and employees have a responsibility to maintain a safe work environment by preventing conditions leading to injuries, accidents, and losses. This includes but is not limited to the posting of emergency evacuation plans at designated areas.

    1. Supervisors are responsible for establishing standards for:

      1. food and drinks at workstations;
      2. radios, tape players, and other devices; and
      3. appearance of the work area.

    2. Use of Nation property or services, including but not limited to, telephones, computers, vehicles, machinery, credit cards, desks, office equipment, and supplies, are for official use only.

      1. Supervisors have the right to inspect and/or access Nation property;
      2. at the supervisor's discretion, personal items stored by the employee in Nation property are subject to removal;
      3. the Nation is not responsible or accountable for loss or theft of personal property of employees.

  4. Dress, grooming, and personal hygiene contribute to the morale of all employees and affect the business image of the Navajo Nation to clients and the public. Therefore, during business hours or when representing the Nation, employees’ dress, grooming and personal hygiene should be appropriate for the work they do.

    1. Employees who have regular contact with the public are expected to dress in a manner that is normally acceptable in similar organizations and present a clean, neat, business-like appearance.
    2. Dress and personal appearance of employees who do not regularly meet the public may be governed by the requirements of safety or comfort, but should still be as neat and business-like as working conditions permit.
    3. Certain employees may be required to meet special dress, grooming, and/or hygiene standards depending on their job. In these situations, Supervisors are responsible for establishing and issuing standards for appropriate dress and appearance.
    4. Supervisors may also designate a “casual day” for employees to dress in a more casual fashion than is normally required. On such occasions, employees are still expected to present a neat appearance.
    5. Ripped, disheveled clothing, unkempt appearance, or other inappropriate clothing or appearance is not permitted. An employee may be asked to leave the workplace until properly dressed or groomed. Under such circumstances, the employee will not be compensated for the time away from work.
    1. Employees are responsible for making appropriate child care arrangements. Except when specifically permitted, employees are not to bring children to work or have their children loitering on Navajo Nation premises after school hours.
    2. The Navajo Nation recognizes the importance of allowing mothers who choose to breast-feed their children the opportunity to continue after returning to work. The employee and her supervisor shall make the necessary arrangements.