NRS 288.010 – Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the Government Employee-Management Relations Act. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1376)
This chapter may be cited as the Government Employee-Management Relations Act. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1376)
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 288.029 to 288.074, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2019, 3728)
[Replaced in revision by NRS 288.131.]
[Replaced in revision by NRS 288.132.]
[Replaced in revision by NRS 288.133.]
[Replaced in revision by NRS 288.134.]
“Board” means the Government Employee-Management Relations Board created by NRS 288.080. (Added to NRS by 2019, 3728)
“Collective bargaining” means a method of determining conditions of employment by negotiation between representatives of the Executive Department or local government employer and an employee organization or labor organization, entailing a mutual obligation of the Executive Department or local government employer, as applicable, and the representative of the state or local government employees to meet […]
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner appointed by the Board pursuant to NRS 288.090. (Added to NRS by 2019, 3729)
“Employee organization” means an organization of any kind having as one of its purposes improvement of the terms and conditions of employment of local government employees. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1376; A 1975, 918)
“Executive Department” means an agency, board, bureau, commission, department, division, elected officer or any other unit of the Executive Department of State Government. The term includes the Nevada System of Higher Education. (Added to NRS by 2019, 3729)
“Fact-finding” means the formal procedure by which an investigation of a labor dispute is conducted by a fact finder at which: 1. Evidence is presented; and 2. A written report is issued by the fact finder describing the issues involved, making findings and setting forth recommendations for settlement which may or may not be binding. […]
“Labor organization” means an organization of any kind having as one of its purposes improvement of the terms and conditions of employment of state employees. (Added to NRS by 2019, 3729)
“Local government employee” means any person employed by a local government employer. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1376)
“Local government employer” means any political subdivision of this State or any public or quasi-public corporation organized under the laws of this State and includes, without limitation, counties, cities, unincorporated towns, school districts, charter schools, hospital districts, irrigation districts and other special districts. (Added to NRS by 1969, 1377; A 1971, 1503; 2001, 3164; 2015, […]
“Mediation” means assistance by an impartial third party to reconcile differences between the Executive Department or a local government employer and an exclusive representative through interpretation, suggestion and advice. (Added to NRS by 2019, 3729)
[Replaced in revision by NRS 288.136.]
“Strike” means any concerted: 1. Stoppage of work, slowdown or interruption of operations by employees of the State of Nevada or local government employees; 2. Absence from work by employees of the State of Nevada or local government employees upon any pretext or excuse, such as illness, which is not founded in fact; or 3. […]
[Replaced in revision by NRS 288.138.]
Notwithstanding the protections in this chapter for hair texture and protective hairstyles, an employer may enforce health and safety requirements set forth in federal or state law. (Added to NRS by 2021, 1709)