NRS 608.640 – Home care employment standards board: Duties relating to investigations; power to administer oaths, take testimony and issue subpoenas; power to request information and testimony from state agencies; duty to submit report of findings and recommendations.
1. A home care employment standards board shall: (a) Conduct an investigation into matters relating to the wages and working conditions of home care employees in this State and the compliance of home care employers with applicable federal, state and local laws; and (b) Based on the investigation conducted pursuant to paragraph (a), develop recommendations […]
NRS 608.650 – Director to make report of findings and recommendations by home care employment standards board available on Internet website.
The Director shall make any report submitted by a home care employment standards board pursuant to NRS 608.640 available on an Internet website maintained by the Director. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3658)
NRS 608.660 – Director to review findings and recommendations of home care employment standards board.
Upon receipt of a report submitted by a home care employment standards board pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 608.640, the Director shall review the findings and each recommendation contained in the report. The Director may: 1. Approve or disapprove any recommendation; 2. Require the home care employment standards board that submitted the report to […]
NRS 608.550 – “Home care employment standards board” defined.
“Home care employment standards board” means a board established by the Director pursuant to NRS 608.610 or 608.660. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3655)
NRS 608.560 – “Home care program” defined.
1. “Home care program” means a program established by a state agency or a local government which provides in the home personal care services, personal assistance or temporary respite services to elderly persons or persons with disabilities. 2. The term includes, without limitation: (a) Any program established under the State Plan for Medicaid which provides, […]
NRS 608.330 – Criminal and administrative penalties.
1. Any person who violates any provision of NRS 608.300 to 608.330, 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 impose against the person an administrative penalty of not more than $5,000 for each such violation. (Added to […]
NRS 608.400 – Misclassification prohibited; administrative penalties; notice and opportunity for hearing.
1. An employer shall not: (a) Through means of coercion, misrepresentation or fraud, require a person to be classified as an independent contractor or form any business entity in order to classify the person as an independent contractor; or (b) Willfully misclassify or otherwise willfully fail to properly classify a person as an independent contractor. […]
NRS 608.410 – Liability of employer for misclassification; complaint; conduct of hearing; judicial review.
1. An employer who is found after a hearing conducted in accordance with subsection 3 to have misclassified a person as an independent contractor is liable to such person for lost wages, benefits or other economic damages to make the person whole. 2. A person may file a complaint alleging the misclassification of the person […]
NRS 608.500 – Definitions.
As used in NRS 608.500 to 608.690, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 608.510 to 608.600, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3655)
NRS 608.510 – “Agency to provide personal care services in the home” defined.
“Agency to provide personal care services in the home” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0021. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3655)