Title 53

NRS 612.230 Personnel of Division: Selection; classification; compensation; duties; stipends for educational leave. 1. For the purpose of ensuring the impartial selection of personnel on the basis of merit, the Administrator shall fill all positions in the Division, except the po…

NRS 612.237 Quarterly report of Administrator. 1. The Administrator of the Division shall, for each calendar quarter, gather aggregate unemployment data concerning veterans, including, without limitation, benefits paid to veterans, and report such data to the Interagency Council …

NRS 612.240 Regulations for internal management. Regulations for the internal management of the Division which do not affect private rights or procedures available to the public may be adopted, amended or rescinded by the Administrator and become effective in the manner and at th…

NRS 612.242 Emergency regulations. 1. If the Administrator determines that an emergency exists, the Administrator shall submit to the Governor a written statement of the emergency which sets forth the reasons for the determination. If the Governor endorses the statement of the em…

NRS 612.245 Administrative determinations: Whether employing unit constitutes employer; whether service constitutes employment; whether substantially common ownership, management or control exists; appeal. 1. The Administrator may, upon his or her own motion or upon application o…

NRS 612.250 Administrative determinations: Establishment of rates of contribution based upon experience; appeal. 1. The Administrator, upon his or her own motion or upon application of an employer made within 15 days after notice of benefits charged to the employer’s experience r…

NRS 612.253 Provision of certain documents or communications by electronic mail or other electronic communication. 1. Except as otherwise provided by federal or state law, the Administrator or the Division may electronically provide a form, notice, claim, bill or other document o…

NRS 612.260 Records and reports of employing units: Inspection; destruction. 1. Each employing unit shall keep true and accurate work records, containing such information as the Administrator may prescribe. Such records must be open to inspection and may be copied by the Administ…

NRS 612.265 Disclosure of information by Employment Security Division and Administrator; duty of Division of Industrial Relations of Department of Business and Industry to provide certain information to Administrator; penalty for improper use or dissemination of certain informati…

NRS 612.270 Depositions; subpoenas; payment of witnesses. 1. In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter, the Administrator, an Appeal Tribunal created by this chapter, the members of the Board of Review and any authorized representatives of any of them may: (a) Take d…

NRS 612.275 Order to appear and testify; penalty for failure to obey court order or subpoena of Administrator or Board of Review. 1. In case of contumacy by a person, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any district court of this State within the jurisdiction of w…

NRS 612.280 Protection against self-incrimination. 1. No person may be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records before the Administrator, the Board of Review, an Appeal Tribunal, or any duly authorized repr…

NRS 612.285 Cooperation with Department of Labor. In the administration of this chapter the Administrator shall: 1. Cooperate to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this chapter with the Department of Labor. 2. Make such reports, in such form and containing such …

NRS 612.290 Advance to Unemployment Compensation Fund; application. 1. The Administrator is authorized and directed to apply for an advance to the Unemployment Compensation Fund and to accept such advance in accordance with the conditions specified in Title XII of the Social Secu…

NRS 612.295 Reciprocal arrangements with state and federal agencies. The Administrator is authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with the appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states, or the Federal Government, or both, whereby: 1. Services performed by a pe…

NRS 612.300 Reimbursements in accordance with reciprocal arrangements. 1. Reimbursements paid from the Unemployment Compensation Fund pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 612.295 shall be deemed to be benefits for the purposes of this chapter. 2. The Administrator is authorized to mak…

NRS 612.305 Employment Security Council: Creation; membership; compensation of members; meetings; Secretary; Board of Review. 1. The Nevada Employment Security Council, consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created to assure an impartial development of a…

NRS 612.310 Employment Security Council: Duties. 1. The Employment Security Council shall act as an advisory council to the Administrator to: (a) Reduce and prevent unemployment; (b) Encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining and …

NRS 612.330 Acceptance of Wagner-Peyser Act; establishment and maintenance of free public employment offices. 1. The Administrator shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of th…

NRS 612.335 Payment. 1. Twenty-four months after the date when contributions first accrue under this chapter, benefits become payable from the Fund, except that wages earned for services performed in the employ of an employer, as defined in the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act…

NRS 612.340 Amount of weekly benefit. 1. A person’s weekly benefit amount is an amount equal to one twenty-fifth of the person’s total wages for employment by employers during the quarter of the person’s base period in which the total wages were highest, but not less than $16 per…

NRS 612.344 Election of base period following period of temporary disability or rehabilitation; establishment of new benefit year. 1. A person who has received: (a) Benefits for a temporary total disability or a temporary partial disability pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, incl…

NRS 612.350 Weekly benefit for unemployment. 1. An eligible person who is unemployed and otherwise entitled to receive benefits in any week must be paid for that week a benefit in an amount equal to the person’s weekly benefit amount, less 66 2/3 percent of the remuneration payab…

NRS 612.355 Duration of benefits. 1. Any otherwise eligible person is entitled during any benefit year to a total amount of benefits equal to whichever is the lesser of: (a) Twenty-six times the person’s weekly benefit amount; or (b) One-third of the person’s total wages for empl…

NRS 612.357 Deduction and withholding of federal individual income tax. Upon the request of a person entitled to receive benefits pursuant to this chapter, the Administrator shall deduct and withhold federal individual income tax from such benefits. (Added to NRS by 1995, 378)

NRS 612.360 Benefits due deceased or incapacitated person. Benefits due a deceased or legally declared incapacitated person may be paid to such person or persons as appear to the Administrator to be legally entitled thereto in accordance with authorized regulations. A payment mus…

NRS 612.365 Overpayments and recovery. 1. Any person who is overpaid any amount as benefits under this chapter is liable for the amount overpaid unless: (a) The overpayment was not due to fraud, misrepresentation or willful nondisclosure on the part of the recipient; and (b) The …

NRS 612.371 Reimbursement of benefits paid if back pay awarded for same period. 1. Any person who has been awarded back pay because the person was unlawfully discharged is liable for the amount of the benefits paid to him or her during the period for which the back pay was awarde…

NRS 612.375 General conditions; reductions in benefits. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 612.3774, an unemployed person is eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the Administrator finds that: (a) The person has registered for work at, …

NRS 612.3755 Prohibition on denial of benefits for unemployment related to domestic violence or sexual assault; request for evidence to support claim. 1. The Administrator shall not deny any otherwise eligible person benefits if the Administrator finds that: (a) The person left e…

NRS 612.376 Person employed by private employer while incarcerated not eligible for certain benefits. A person who: 1. During his or her last or next to last employment, performed services in the employ of a private employer while incarcerated in a custodial or penal institution;…

NRS 612.377 Definitions. As used in NRS 612.377 to 612.3786, inclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 1. “Extended benefit period” means a period which begins with the third week after a week for which there is a Nevada “on” indicator and ends with the third week…

NRS 612.3772 Other provisions of chapter applicable to extended benefits. Except when the result would be inconsistent with the other provisions of NRS 612.377 to 612.3786, inclusive, as provided in the regulations of the Administrator, the provisions of this chapter which apply …

NRS 612.3774 Conditions of eligibility: Findings by Administrator. A person is eligible to receive extended benefits for any week of unemployment in the person’s eligibility period only if the Administrator finds that with respect to that week: 1. The person is an “exhaustee”; 2.…

NRS 612.3776 Amount of weekly extended benefit; reduction; appeal of reduction. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the weekly extended benefit amount payable to a person for a week of total unemployment in the person’s eligibility period is: (a) The basic weekly ben…

NRS 612.3778 Benefit amount for partial period. The weekly benefit amount of extended compensation paid for a week of less than total unemployment shall be based on the extended weekly benefit amount as determined in NRS 612.3776. (Added to NRS by 1971, 27)

NRS 612.378 Maximum amount of extended benefit payable during year. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the total extended benefit amount payable to any eligible person for the person’s applicable benefit year is the lesser of the following amounts: (a) Fifty …

NRS 612.3782 Amended determination of entitlement based on increase of regular compensation. If an individual who has received extended compensation for a week or weeks of unemployment is determined to be entitled to more regular compensation with respect to such week or weeks as…

NRS 612.3784 Notice of commencement or termination of extended benefit period. 1. Whenever an extended benefit period is to become effective in this State (or in all states) as a result of a Nevada “on” indicator, or an extended benefit period is to be terminated in Nevada as a r…

NRS 612.3786 Extended benefit payments not chargeable against experience rating of base-period employer. Extended benefits paid to an individual shall not be charged against the experience rating records of the individual’s base-period employers. (Added to NRS by 1971, 28) DISQUA…

NRS 612.380 Leaving last or next to last employment without good cause or to seek other employment. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person is ineligible for benefits for the week in which the person has voluntarily left his or her last or next to last employmen…

NRS 612.383 Discharge for crimes in connection with employment. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, an individual who has been discharged for commission of assault, arson in any degree, sabotage, grand larceny, embezzlement or wanton destruction of property in c…

NRS 612.385 Discharge for misconduct. A person is ineligible for benefits for the week in which the person has filed a claim for benefits, if he or she was discharged from his or her last or next to last employment for misconduct connected with the person’s work, and remains inel…

NRS 612.390 Failure to apply for available or suitable work or to accept suitable work when offered. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 612.392, a person must be disqualified for benefits if the Administrator finds that the person has failed, without good cause, either to app…

NRS 612.392 Failure to accept suitable work or engage in effort to obtain work: Effect on extended benefits. [Each provision of this section expires by limitation on date it is no longer required by federal law to be in effect.] 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a …

NRS 612.395 Unemployment as result of labor dispute. 1. A person is disqualified for benefits for any week with respect to which the Administrator finds that the person’s total or partial unemployment is due to a labor dispute in active progress at the factory, establishment or o…