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Home » US Law » 2022 Nevada Revised Statutes » TITLE 53—LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS » Chapter 617 - Occupational Diseases » GENERAL PROVISIONS » NRS 617.091 – “Employee”: Lessees engaged in mining or operating a reduction plant.

Except as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 617.250, a lessee engaged in either mining or operating a reduction plant shall be deemed to be:

1. An employee of the lessor; and

2. For the purposes of this chapter, employed at the average wage paid to a miner employed regularly in the same locality.

(Added to NRS by 1987, 600)