Title 53

NRS 611.135 Claims against licensees: Assignment to Labor Commissioner; disposition of amounts recovered. 1. The Labor Commissioner may accept assignments of claims arising under NRS 611.020 to 611.320, inclusive, against employment agencies. 2. The Labor Commissioner may maintai…

NRS 611.140 Actions against licensees: Parties; limitation of action; assignment; jurisdiction. 1. All claims or suits brought in any court against any licensee may be brought in the name of the person or persons damaged upon the bond deposited with the Labor Commissioner by the …

NRS 611.150 Actions against licensees: Service of summons. When a licensee has departed from the State with intent to defraud his or her creditors or with intent to avoid a summons in an action brought under NRS 611.140, service shall be made upon the surety as prescribed in the …

NRS 611.160 Records: Maintenance and retention; contents; false entry prohibited. 1. Every licensee shall keep, for 2 years, a record of every applicant for employment who secures employment through the services provided by the licensee. The record must include a copy of the: (a)…

NRS 611.170 Records: Inspection by Labor Commissioner; furnishing copy. 1. The premises of a licensed employment agency and all the records kept by the licensee pursuant to NRS 611.020 to 611.320, inclusive, must be made available at all reasonable hours for inspection by the Lab…

NRS 611.175 Copy of contract to be given to applicant. At the time an employment agency contracts with an applicant for employment it shall supply the applicant with a copy of the signed contract. (Added to NRS by 1985, 1780)

NRS 611.180 Invoice to be given to applicant; contents. Every licensee shall give to every applicant for employment from whom a fee is required for securing employment an invoice on which is stated: 1. The name and address of the employment agency; 2. The name and address of the …

NRS 611.200 Receipts: Issuance; retention of duplicate; required statement. All receipts for the payment of any fees by an applicant for employment must be prepared and numbered in original and duplicate. The original must be given to the applicant paying the fee and the duplicat…

NRS 611.210 Approval of forms by Labor Commissioner. The Labor Commissioner shall approve the form of the receipts given, records kept and applications provided by a licensee and the form of the contract used by a licensee for services to applicants for employment. Each licensee …

NRS 611.220 Limit on fee. No employment agency licensed pursuant to the terms of NRS 611.020 to 611.320, inclusive, may charge, accept or collect from any applicant for employment as a fee for securing the employment any sum of money in excess of 65 percent of the first month’s g…

NRS 611.225 Interest on account past due; charge for returned check. In addition to the regular fee for securing employment, an employment agency may charge an applicant for employment: 1. Interest at the rate of 1.5 percent per month on any account which is more than 30 days pas…

NRS 611.230 Posting of notice of limitation of fee. Every employment agency shall keep posted in a conspicuous place in its office or place of business a card or cards, furnished by the Labor Commissioner, upon which must be printed in large black-faced type the following: “No fe…

NRS 611.240 Authorization for referral required before acceptance of fee from applicant or referral of applicant. An employment agency shall not accept a fee from any applicant for employment with an employer or refer any applicant for employment to an employer without having obt…

NRS 611.250 Refunding of fee paid by applicant. 1. If the applicant paying a fee fails to obtain employment, without fault refuses to accept employment, or is employed and the employment lasts less than 7 days, the employment agency shall repay the amount of the fee to the applic…

NRS 611.260 Limitation on fee if applicant employed less than 30 days. If the applicant is employed and the employment lasts 7 or more days but less than 30 days, the fee charged the applicant shall not exceed 40 percent of the gross cash wage paid to the applicant. [Part 10:167:…

NRS 611.265 Prohibited practices. No employment agency may: 1. Impose fees of any kind for the registration of applicants for employment without the written permission of the Labor Commissioner. 2. Cause or attempt to cause the discharge of any person from his or her employment. …

NRS 611.270 Publication of false, fraudulent or misleading information; advertisements. 1. An employment agency shall not publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent or misleading information, representation, notice or advertisement. 2. All advertisements of an employm…

NRS 611.280 Accepting application by child or placing child in employment in violation of chapter 609 of NRS. No employment agency shall accept any application for employment made by or in behalf of any child, or shall place or assist in placing any such child in any employment w…

NRS 611.290 Statement of existence of labor dispute to be furnished applicant; retention of signed copy. An employment agency shall not knowingly send an applicant to any place where a strike, lockout or other labor trouble exists without furnishing the applicant with a written s…

NRS 611.300 Division of fees with certain persons prohibited. An employment agency shall not divide fees with an employer, an agent or other employee of an employer or any other person to whom services for employment are provided by the agency. [Part 12:167:1919; 1919 RL p. 2783;…

NRS 611.310 Enforcement by Labor Commissioner; prosecution by district attorney. The Labor Commissioner shall enforce NRS 611.020 to 611.320, inclusive, and when informed of any violations thereof, shall report the fact to the district attorney of the county in which such violati…

NRS 611.320 Criminal and administrative penalties. 1. Any person who violates any provision of NRS 611.020 to 611.320, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. In addition to any other remedy or penalty, the Labor Commissioner may impo…

NRS 611.400 Definitions. As used in NRS 611.400 to 611.490, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Applicant” means a person seeking a license pursuant to NRS 611.400 to 611.490, inclusive, to operate a professional employer organization. 2. “Client company” means …

NRS 611.410 License required; expiration; penalty. 1. A person shall not operate a professional employer organization in this State unless the person has complied with the provisions of NRS 611.400 to 611.490, inclusive. The Labor Commissioner shall issue a license to each applic…

NRS 611.420 Written application for issuance or renewal of license must be on approved form. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a license must submit to the Labor Commissioner a written application upon a form provided by the Labor Commissioner. (Added to NRS by 1993, 24…

NRS 611.430 Contents of application; fee; Labor Commissioner to be notified of certain changes in information about applicant; power of Labor Commissioner to refuse to issue or revoke license; financial statements. 1. Each application must include: (a) The applicant’s name and ti…

NRS 611.440 Separate payroll records required upon operation of professional employer organization and temporary employment service; prohibition on maintaining policy of workers’ compensation insurance for both professional employer organization and temporary employment service. …

NRS 611.450 Written agreement regarding employment relationship with leased employees. The employment relationship with workers provided by a professional employer organization to a client company must be established by written agreement between the professional employer organiza…

NRS 611.460 Responsibilities of client company and professional employer organization; limitations; joint and several liability of client company. 1. A client company of a professional employer organization as defined in NRS 611.400 shall be deemed to be the employer of the emplo…

NRS 611.470 Assurance organizations: Authority of Labor Commissioner; regulations; independence and approval required. 1. The Labor Commissioner may adopt regulations authorizing and setting forth qualifications for an assurance organization selected by a professional employer or…

NRS 611.480 Administration and regulations; investigation and enforcement. The Labor Commissioner: 1. Shall administer the provisions of NRS 611.400 to 611.490, inclusive, and may adopt reasonable regulations to carry out those provisions. 2. May investigate compliance with or en…

NRS 611.490 Action for damages for statutory violation; administrative penalties. 1. An action for damages caused by the failure of a professional employer organization to comply with the provisions of NRS 611.400 to 611.490, inclusive, may be brought against any person who is re…

NRS 612.010 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Unemployment Compensation Law. [1:129:1937; 1931 NCL § 2825.01]

NRS 612.015 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the words and terms defined in NRS 612.016 to 612.200, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. [2:129:1937; A 1939, 115; 1941, 412; 1943, 239; 1945, 299; 1943…

NRS 612.016 “Administrator” defined. “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Division. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1804)

NRS 612.017 “American employing unit” defined. “American employing unit” means: 1. A person who is a resident of the United States; 2. A partnership, if two-thirds or more of the partners are residents of the United States; 3. A trust if all of the trustees are residents of the U…

NRS 612.025 “Base period” defined. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and in NRS 612.344, “base period” means the first 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of a person’s benefit year, except that if one calendar quarter of …

NRS 612.030 “Benefit year” defined. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 612.344, with respect to any person, “benefit year” means the 52 consecutive weeks beginning with the first day of the week with respect to which a valid claim is filed, and thereafter the 52 consecutive w…

NRS 612.035 “Benefits” defined. “Benefits” means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter, with respect to his or her unemployment. [2:129:1937; renumbered 2.2:129:1937, 1945, 299; 1943 NCL § 2825.02]

NRS 612.040 “Calendar quarter” defined. “Calendar quarter” means the period of 3 consecutive calendar months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, or the equivalent thereof as the Administrator may prescribe by regulation, excluding, however, any calendar quar…

NRS 612.045 “Contributions” defined. “Contributions” means the money payments to the Unemployment Compensation Fund required by this chapter, but does not include reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions as provided in NRS 612.553. [2:129:1937; renumbered 2.4:129:1937, 194…

NRS 612.049 “Division” defined. “Division” means the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1804)

NRS 612.055 “Employer” defined. “Employer” means: 1. Any employing unit which for any calendar quarter has paid or is liable to pay wages of $225 or more, and which employs during that period one or more persons in an employment subject to this chapter. 2. Any person or employing…

NRS 612.057 “Employer”: Crew leaders who furnish persons to perform agricultural labor. 1. As used in this section, “crew leader” means any person who: (a) Furnishes persons to perform agricultural labor for any other person; (b) Pays the persons furnished by him or her, either o…

NRS 612.060 “Employing unit” defined. 1. “Employing unit” means any individual or type of organization, including any partnership, association, trust, estate, joint-stock company, insurance company, or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankrupt…

NRS 612.065 “Employment” defined. Subject to the provisions of NRS 612.070 to 612.145, inclusive, “employment” means service, including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages or under any contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied. [Part 2:129:1937; renumb…