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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.320 - Employer may agree with employee to defer compensation; investment of withheld money; deferred compensation and related property, rights and income held in trust.

1. The State may agree with any of its employees, and the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada may agree with any of its employees, to defer the compensation due to them in accordance with a program approved by the Committee which may consist of one or more plans authorized by 26 U.S.C. § 401(a), 401(k), 403(b), 457 or 3121, including, without limitation, a FICA alternative plan, or any other plan authorized by any federal law to reduce taxable compensation or other forms of compensation. The Board of Regents may agree with any of its employees to defer the compensation due to them as authorized by 26 U.S.C. § 403(b) without submitting the program to the Committee for its approval. An employee may defer compensation under one or more plans in the Program.
2. The employer shall withhold the amount of compensation which an employee has, by such an agreement, directed the employer to defer.
3. The employer may invest the withheld money in any investment approved by the Committee or, in the case of deferred compensation under 26 U.S.C. § 403(b) for employees of the Nevada System of Higher Education by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada.
4. The investments must be underwritten and offered in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations, and may be offered only by persons who are authorized and licensed under all applicable state and federal regulations.
5. All amounts of compensation deferred pursuant to the Program, all property and all rights purchased with those amounts and all income attributable to those amounts, property or rights must, in accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 401(a), 401(k), 403(b), 457(g) or 3121, including, without limitation, a FICA alternative plan, or any other federal law authorizing a plan to reduce taxable compensation or other forms of compensation, as applicable, be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the participants in the Program and their beneficiaries.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 894; A 1979, 797; 1985, 1122; 1987, 1823; 1993, 386; 1999, 32; 2001, 1004; 2003, 1408; 2017, 1601)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.325 - Committee to Administer Public Employees’ Deferred Compensation Program: Appointment, terms and compensation of members; vacancies.

1. The Governor shall appoint the Committee to Administer the Public Employees’ Deferred Compensation Program. The Committee must consist of:
(a) Two members who are employed by state agencies whose payrolls are administered by the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration;
(b) One member who is employed by:
(1) A state agency whose payroll is administered by the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration; or
(2) A political subdivision that participates in the Program;
(c) One member who is employed by a state agency whose payroll is administered by an entity other than the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration; and
(d) One member who has retired from employment by the State of Nevada or the Nevada System of Higher Education.
Each member of the Committee must be a participant in the Program, have participated in the Program for not less than 2 years and have been nominated for membership by five or more persons who have each participated in the Program for not less than 6 months.
2. After their initial terms, members of the Committee serve terms of 4 years or until their successors have been appointed and have qualified.
3. A vacancy on the Committee occurs when a member dies, resigns or becomes ineligible for membership on the Committee. A person becomes ineligible for membership on the Committee when:
(a) The person ceases to be a participant in the Program; or
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the person ceases to have the qualifications for membership required by the paragraph of subsection 1 under which the person was appointed. A member of the Committee who ceases to have those qualifications may serve the remainder of the member’s term if that period does not exceed 24 months.
4. The member appointed pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 1 must be compensated $80 per day from money appropriated from the Program pursuant to NRS 287.365 for attending a meeting of the Committee and for acting at the direction of or on behalf of the Committee.
5. For the purposes of this section, "participant in the Program" means a person who is:
(a) Deferring compensation pursuant to the Program;
(b) Maintaining deferred compensation in the Program; or
(c) Receiving payments of deferred compensation pursuant to the Program.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1867; A 1997, 25; 2017, 1601)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.335 - Interest and income earned on money in deferred compensation account.

The interest and income earned on the money in the deferred compensation account created pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 287.330 in the State General Fund, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the account.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 33)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.338 - Procedure for awarding contracts to vendors.

1. The Program is subject to the provisions of chapter 333 of NRS.
2. The Committee shall act as the chief of the using agency for the purposes of NRS 333.335.
3. If a committee to evaluate proposals for a contract of the Program is established pursuant to NRS 333.335, any number of members of the Committee may be appointed to the evaluation committee. If one or more members of the Committee are appointed to an evaluation committee:
(a) No action or deliberation regarding any business of the Committee other than the confidential review of the proposals pursuant to NRS 333.335 may be taken or conducted by the evaluation committee.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a), a meeting of the evaluation committee is not subject to chapter 241 of NRS.
4. The Committee shall review the results of any evaluation of proposals for a contract for the Program pursuant to NRS 333.335 in a closed meeting.
5. The Committee shall take the following actions pursuant to NRS 333.335 only in an open meeting:
(a) Award the contract pursuant to NRS 333.335;
(b) Cancel a request for proposals; or
(c) Reissue a modified request for proposals.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1597)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.340 - Deferrals of compensation: Deductions from payroll; limitation on amount deferred.

1. Deferrals of compensation may be withheld as deductions from the payroll in accordance with the agreement between the employer and a participating employee.
2. The amount of deferred compensation set aside by the employer to a plan under the Program during any calendar year may not exceed the amount authorized by 26 U.S.C. § 401(a), 401(k), 403(b), 457 or 3121, including, without limitation, a FICA alternative plan, or any other federal law authorizing a plan to reduce taxable compensation or other forms of compensation, as applicable.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 895; A 1979, 798; 1985, 1123; 1987, 1823; 2001, 1005; 2003, 1409)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.350 - Federal requirements prerequisite for operation of plan; taxation of deferred income by State or political subdivision.

1. No plan in the Program becomes effective and no deferral may be made until the plan meets the requirements of 26 U.S.C. § 401(a), 401(k), 403(b), 457 or 3121, including, without limitation, a FICA alternative plan, or any other federal law authorizing a plan to reduce taxable compensation or other forms of compensation, as applicable, for eligibility.
2. Income deferred during a period in which no income tax is imposed by the State or a political subdivision may not be taxed when paid to the employee.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 895; A 1979, 798; 1987, 1824; 2001, 1005; 2003, 1409)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.360 - Program additional to other retirement, pension and benefit systems.

The Program must be established in addition to other retirement, pension and benefit systems established by the State or the Nevada System of Higher Education, and does not supersede, make inoperative, or reduce benefits provided by the Public Employees’ Retirement System or by any other retirement, pension or benefit program established by law.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 895; A 1985, 1123; 1993, 387)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.365 - Use of money withdrawn or appropriated from Program; deposit of certain money withdrawn from Program in deferred compensation account.

1. No money may be withdrawn or appropriated from the Program, except:
(a) For payment to a participant or beneficiary of a participant pursuant to the terms of the Program;
(b) In the amount required to pay the necessary expenses of administering the Program;
(c) As specifically authorized by federal law or regulation or by a special act of the Legislature; or
(d) To compensate the member of the Committee appointed pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 287.325.
2. All money withdrawn from the Program pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (d) of subsection 1 must be deposited in the State General Fund for credit to the deferred compensation account created pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 287.330.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1867; A 1997, 26; 1999, 33)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.370 - Use of appropriated money in administration of Program.

No appropriated money of the State may be spent in connection with the administration of the Program except as compensation for employees who participated in the administration as part of their regular duties, including without limitation:
1. Members of the Committee;
2. The Executive Officer and employees of the Program; and
3. Employees of the state agency or the institution of the Nevada System of Higher Education selected to administer the Program.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 895; A 1985, 1123; 1993, 387; 2017, 1603)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.381 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 287.381 to 287.480, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 287.391, 287.401 and 287.411 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 799)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.401 - "Deferred compensation" defined.

"Deferred compensation" means income which an employee of a political subdivision may legally set aside under the program, which may consist of one or more plans authorized by 26 U.S.C. § 401(a), 401(k) or 457 and which income, while invested under the program, is exempt from federal income taxes on the employee’s contributions and interest, dividends and capital gains.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 799; A 1985, 1124; 2001, 1005)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.420 - Employer may agree with employee to defer compensation; investment of withheld money.

1. A political subdivision may agree with any of its employees to defer the compensation due to them in accordance with a program approved by the committee which may consist of one or more plans authorized by 26 U.S.C. § 401(a) or 457. An employee may defer compensation under one or more plans in the program.
2. The political subdivision shall withhold the amount of compensation which an employee has, by such an agreement, directed the political subdivision to defer.
3. The political subdivision may invest the withheld money in any investment permitted by law and approved by the committee.
4. The investments must be underwritten and offered in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations, and may be offered only by persons who are authorized and licensed under all applicable state and federal regulations.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 799; A 2001, 1005)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.430 - Fund for administration of money and other assets; deferred compensation and related income, property and rights held in trust.

1. The governing body of a political subdivision may create an appropriate fund for administration of money and other assets resulting from compensation deferred under the program.
2. All amounts of compensation deferred pursuant to the program, all property and rights purchased with those amounts, and all income attributable to those amounts, property or rights must, in accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 401(a) or 457(g), as applicable, be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the participants in the program and their beneficiaries.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 799; A 1999, 161; 2001, 1005)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.440 - Governing body may appoint committee to administer program; powers of committee.

1. The governing body of a political subdivision may appoint a committee to which it may delegate the responsibility for administering the program for its employees, including:
(a) Collection of deferred compensation;
(b) Transmittal of money collected to depositories within the State; and
(c) Payment of deferred compensation to participating employees.
2. The committee may contract with a private person, corporation, institution or other entity, directly or through an agency of the political subdivision, for services necessary to the administration of the plan, including without limitation:
(a) Consolidated billing;
(b) Recordkeeping for each participating employee and the program;
(c) Purchase, control and safeguarding of assets;
(d) Communication with its employees; and
(e) Administration and coordination of the program.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 799)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.450 - Deferrals of compensation: Deductions from payroll; limitation on amount deferred.

1. Deferrals of compensation may be withheld as payroll deductions in accordance with the agreement between the political subdivision and a participating employee.
2. The amount of deferred compensation set aside by the political subdivision to a plan under the program during any calendar year may not exceed the amount authorized by 26 U.S.C. § 401(a) or 457, as applicable.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 800; A 2001, 1005)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.460 - Federal requirements prerequisite for operation of plan; taxation of deferred income by State or political subdivision.

1. No plan in the program becomes effective and no deferral may be made until the plan meets the requirements of 26 U.S.C. § 401(a) or 457, as applicable, for eligibility.
2. Income deferred during a period in which no income tax is imposed by the State or a political subdivision may not be taxed when paid to the employee.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 800, A 2001, 1006)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.470 - Program additional to other retirement, pension and benefit systems.

The program is in addition to other retirement, pension and benefit systems available to employees of the political subdivision and does not supersede, make inoperative or reduce benefits provided by the Public Employees’ Retirement System or by any other retirement, pension or benefit program established by law.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 800)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.500 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 287.500 to 287.530, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Employee organization" means an organization of any kind whose members are governmental employees and has as one of its purposes the improvement of the terms and conditions of employment of governmental employees.
2. "Professional service" means any type of personal service which may be performed only pursuant to a license, certificate of registration or other authorization issued by this state, except services provided by any person licensed under chapter 630 or 633 of NRS or by any medical facility or facility for the dependent as defined in chapter 449 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 993; A 1985, 514, 1758)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 287 - Programs for Public Employees › NRS 287.510 - Contracts authorized; payment.

1. An employee organization may enter into a contract or other type of agreement with any person authorized in this state to provide professional services for the purpose of making the services available to members of the organization.
2. The contract or agreement shall provide that the organization will make periodic payments to the person rendering the professional services and such payments will be made only after the services have been performed.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 993)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.032 - "Collective bargaining" defined.

"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 at reasonable times and bargain in good faith with respect to:
1. Wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment;
2. The negotiation of an agreement;
3. The resolution of any question arising under a negotiated agreement; or
4. The execution of a written contract incorporating any agreement reached if requested by either party,
but this obligation does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3728)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.044 - "Fact-finding" defined.

"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.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3729; A 2021, 1764)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.060 - "Local government employer" defined.

"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, 3845; 2017, 60)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.074 - "Strike" defined.

"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. Interruption of the operations of the State of Nevada or any local government employer by any employee organization or labor organization.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3729)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.077 - Employer authorized to enforce health and safety requirements notwithstanding protections for hair texture and protective hairstyles.

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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.080 - Creation; number, qualifications, terms of office and appointment of members.

1. The Government Employee-Management Relations Board is hereby created, consisting of five members, broadly representative of the public and not closely allied with any employee organization, any labor organization, the Executive Department or any local government employer.
2. Not more than three of the members of the Board may be members of the same political party, and at least three of the members must reside in southern Nevada. The term of office of each member is 4 years.
3. The Governor shall appoint the members of the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1380; A 1975, 919; 1977, 1183; 1981, 64; 1989, 1671; 2017, 2746; 2019, 3741)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.090 - Officers and employees; quorum; voting; limitations on certain meetings.

1. The members of the Board shall annually elect one of their number as Chair and one as Vice Chair. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any three members of the Board constitute a quorum, and a majority of a quorum present at any meeting may exercise all the power and authority conferred on the Board.
2. Except by a majority vote of the entire membership of the Board, the Board may not:
(a) Elect a Chair or Vice Chair;
(b) Appoint the Commissioner or Secretary of the Board, or terminate the employment of the Commissioner or Secretary;
(c) Adjust the fee charged to local government employers pursuant to NRS 288.139 or impose a civil penalty for failure to pay the fee;
(d) Make or adopt any rule or regulation; or
(e) Grant permission to a local government employer to withdraw recognition from an employee organization or order an election pursuant to NRS 288.160.
3. Whenever less than five members of the Board are present at any meeting, not more than two of the members present may be members of the same political party.
4. The Board may, within the limits of legislative appropriations and any other available money:
(a) Appoint a Commissioner and a Secretary, who are in the unclassified service of the State; and
(b) Employ such additional clerical personnel as may be necessary, who are in the classified service of the State.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1380; A 1979, 285; 2009, 2451; 2017, 2746)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.100 - Salary and expenses of members.

1. Each member of the Board is entitled to receive a salary of not more than $80, as fixed by the Board, for each day in which the member is engaged in the business of the Board.
2. While engaged in the business of the Board, each member and employee of the Board is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1381; A 1977, 1365; 1981, 1979; 1985, 392; 1989, 1710)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.110 - Rules governing various proceedings and procedures; hearing and order; injunction; time for filing complaint or appeal; costs.

1. The Board may make rules governing:
(a) Proceedings before it;
(b) Procedures for fact-finding;
(c) The recognition, as defined in NRS 288.136, of employee organizations;
(d) The designation of the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit in accordance with the provisions of NRS 288.520, 288.525 and 288.530; and
(e) The determination of bargaining units.
2. The Board may hear and determine any complaint arising out of the interpretation of, or performance under, the provisions of this chapter by the Executive Department, any local government employer, any employee, as defined in NRS 288.425, any local government employee, any employee organization or any labor organization. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NRS 288.115, 288.280 and 288.625, the Board shall conduct a hearing within 180 days after it decides to hear a complaint. If a complaint alleges a violation of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 288.620 or paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 288.620, the Board shall conduct a hearing not later than 45 days after it decides to hear the complaint, unless the parties agree to waive this requirement. The Board, after a hearing, if it finds that the complaint is well taken, may order any person or entity to refrain from the action complained of or to restore to the party aggrieved any benefit of which the party has been deprived by that action. Except when an expedited hearing is conducted pursuant to NRS 288.115, the Board shall issue its decision within 120 days after the hearing on the complaint is completed.
3. Any party aggrieved by the failure of any person to obey an order of the Board issued pursuant to subsection 2, or the Board at the request of such a party, may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for a prohibitory or mandatory injunction to enforce the order.
4. The Board may not consider any complaint or appeal filed more than 6 months after the occurrence which is the subject of the complaint or appeal.
5. The Board may decide without a hearing a contested matter:
(a) In which all of the legal issues have been previously decided by the Board, if it adopts its previous decision or decisions as precedent; or
(b) Upon agreement of all the parties.
6. The Board may award reasonable costs, which may include attorneys’ fees, to the prevailing party.
7. As used in this section, "bargaining unit" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 288.134 or 288.415.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1381; A 1975, 919; 1977, 1366; 1987, 1435; 1989, 1671; 2013, 44; 2015, 1593; 2017, 1429; 2019, 2673, 3741)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.115 - Expedited review of complaints concerning rights of employees to express breast milk under certain circumstances.

The Board shall provide for an expedited review of a complaint filed by an employee pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 281.755. To facilitate such a review, the Board shall:
1. Create and make available a form to be used by an employee to file a complaint;
2. Authorize the Commissioner to resolve such a complaint without referring the matter to the Board;
3. Establish an expedited timeline for issuing a decision; and
4. Take any other action necessary to ensure the complaint is reviewed in a timely manner.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1428)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.120 - Subpoenas; powers of district court.

1. For the purpose of hearing and deciding appeals or complaints, the Board may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before it, together with all books, memoranda, papers and other documents relative to the matters under investigation, administer oaths and take testimony thereunder.
2. The district court in and for the county in which any hearing is being conducted by the Board may compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the production of books and papers as required by any subpoena issued by the Board.
3. In case of the refusal of any witness to attend or testify or produce any papers required by such subpoena, the Board may report to the district court in and for the county in which the hearing is pending by petition, setting forth:
(a) That due notice has been given of the time and place of attendance of the witness or the production of the books and papers;
(b) That the witness has been subpoenaed in the manner prescribed in this chapter; and
(c) That the witness has failed and refused to attend or produce the papers required by subpoena before the Board in the hearing named in the subpoena, or has refused to answer questions propounded to the witness in the course of such hearing,
and asking an order of the court compelling the witness to attend and testify or produce the books or papers before the Board.
4. The court, upon petition of the Board, shall enter an order directing the witness to appear before the court at a time and place to be fixed by the court in such order, the time to be not more than 10 days from the date of the order, and then and there show cause why the witness has not attended or testified or produced the books or papers before the Board. A certified copy of the order shall be served upon the witness. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issued by the Board, the court shall thereupon enter an order that the witness appear before the Board at the time and place fixed in the order and testify or produce the required books or papers, and upon failure to obey the order the witness shall be dealt with as for contempt of court.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1381)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.130 - Hearings and determinations are contested cases; judicial review.

Every hearing and determination of an appeal or complaint by the Board is a contested case subject to the provisions of law which govern the administrative decision and judicial review of such cases.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1382; A 1977, 64)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.131 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 288.131 to 288.280, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 288.132 to 288.138, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1376; A 1971, 1503; 1975, 918; 1981, 1868; 2015, 3845; 2017, 60; 2019, 3741)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.132 - "Administrative employee" defined.

"Administrative employee" means any employee whose primary duties consist of work directly related to management policies, who customarily exercises discretion and independent judgment and regularly assists an executive. In addition, it includes the chief administrative officer, the chief administrative officer’s deputy and immediate assistants, department heads, their deputies and immediate assistants, attorneys, appointed officials and others who are primarily responsible for formulating and administering management policy and programs.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1509)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.138 - "Supervisory employee" defined.

1. "Supervisory employee" includes:
(a) Any individual having authority in the interest of the employer to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward or discipline other employees or responsibility to direct them, to adjust their grievances or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing, the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment. The exercise of such authority shall not be deemed to place the employee in supervisory employee status unless the exercise of such authority occupies a significant portion of the employee’s workday. If any of the following persons perform some, but not all, of the foregoing duties under a paramilitary command structure, such a person shall not be deemed a supervisory employee solely because of such duties:
(1) A police officer, as defined in NRS 288.215;
(2) A firefighter, as defined in NRS 288.215;
(3) A person who:
(I) Has the powers of a peace officer pursuant to NRS 289.150, 289.170, 289.180 or 289.190; and
(II) Is a local government employee who is authorized to be in a bargaining unit pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; or
(4) A person who:
(I) Provides civilian support services to a law enforcement agency; and
(II) Is an employee who is authorized to be in a bargaining unit pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Any individual or class of individuals appointed by the employer and having authority on behalf of the employer to:
(1) Hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, terminate, promote, discharge, assign, reward or discipline other employees or responsibility to direct them, to adjust their grievances or to effectively recommend such action;
(2) Make budgetary decisions; and
(3) Be consulted on decisions relating to collective bargaining,
if, in connection with the foregoing, the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment. The exercise of such authority shall not be deemed to place the employee in supervisory employee status unless the exercise of such authority occupies a significant portion of the employee’s workday.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that an employee who has been given incidental administrative duties shall be classified as a supervisory employee.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1509; A 1975, 918; 2011, 2899; 2019, 544; 2023, 2797)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.139 - Fees assessed against local government employers.

1. On or before July 1 of each year, the Board shall charge and collect a fee from each local government employer in an amount that is equal to not more than $10 for each local government employee of the local government employer who was employed by the local government employer during the first pay period of the immediately preceding fiscal year.
2. A local government employer shall pay the fee assessed pursuant to subsection 1 on or before July 31 of each year. A local government employer shall not assess the fee against its local government employees.
3. If a local government employer fails to pay the fee assessed pursuant to subsection 1 on or before July 31 of that year, the Board shall impose a civil penalty of not more than $10 for each local government employee employed by the local government employer for whom the fee was not paid.
4. A local government employer may not receive a reduction in the amount of the fee assessed pursuant to subsection 1 or a refund of that amount if a local government employee is not employed for a full calendar year. The fee must be assessed whether or not the local government employee is a member of an employee organization.
5. Any money received from the fees collected pursuant to subsection 1 must be accounted for separately and may be used only to carry out the duties of the Board.
6. To carry out the provisions of this section, the Board may verify the identity and number of local government employees employed by any local government employer by any reasonable means.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2450)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.475 - Fees assessed by Board against Executive Department.

1. On or before July 1 of each year, the Board shall charge and collect a fee from the Executive Department in an amount not to exceed $10 for each employee of the Executive Department who was employed by the Executive Department during the first pay period of the immediately preceding fiscal year.
2. The Executive Department shall pay the fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1 on or before July 31 of each year. The Executive Department shall not impose the fee against its employees.
3. If the Executive Department fails to pay the fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1 on or before July 31 of that year, the Board shall impose a civil penalty not to exceed $10 for each employee employed by the Executive Department for whom the fee was not paid.
4. The Executive Department may not receive a reduction in the amount of the fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1 or a refund of that amount if an employee is not employed for a full calendar year. The fee must be imposed whether or not the employee is a member of a labor organization.
5. Any money received from the fees collected pursuant to subsection 1 must be accounted for separately and may be used only to carry out the duties of the Board.
6. To carry out the provisions of this section, the Board may verify the identity and number of employees employed by the Executive Department by any reasonable means.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3730)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.480 - Fees charged to Executive Department by Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration.

1. The Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration shall charge an annual fee to the Executive Department for each employee position that is within a bargaining unit and eligible to be represented by a labor organization. The Executive Department shall pay the annual fee to the Division on or before the date on which the payment is due, as specified by the Division. The Division may specify different due dates for the annual fee for each agency, board, bureau, commission, department, division, elected officer or other unit of the Executive Department of State Government, including, without limitation, the Nevada System of Higher Education.
2. The Executive Department shall not impose the annual fee charged pursuant to subsection 1 against its employees.
3. The Executive Department may not receive a reduction in the amount of the annual fee charged pursuant to subsection 1 or a refund of any amount of the annual fee based on:
(a) A vacancy in an employee position; or
(b) Whether an exclusive representative has been designated for the bargaining unit in which the employee position is classified pursuant to NRS 288.515.
4. Any money received from the fees collected pursuant to subsection 1 must be accounted for separately and may be used only by the Division of Human Resource Management to provide support to the Executive Department to carry out the provisions of NRS 288.400 to 288.630, inclusive, including, without limitation, the personnel and operating costs of the Division in providing such support.
5. To carry out the provisions of this section, the Division of Human Resource Management may verify by any reasonable means the number of employee positions in the Executive Department within a bargaining unit that are eligible to be represented by a labor organization or that are represented by a labor organization.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2801)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.140 - Right of employee to join or refrain from joining employee organization; exceptions; discrimination by employer prohibited; limitations on nonmember acting on own behalf; membership of law enforcement officer and civilian employee of metropolitan police department.

1. It is the right of every local government employee, subject to the limitations provided in subsections 3, 4 and 5, to join any employee organization of the employee’s choice or to refrain from joining any employee organization. A local government employer shall not discriminate in any way among its employees on account of membership or nonmembership in an employee organization.
2. The recognition of an employee organization for negotiation, pursuant to this chapter, does not preclude any local government employee who is not a member of that employee organization from acting for himself or herself with respect to any condition of his or her employment, but any action taken on a request or in adjustment of a grievance shall be consistent with the terms of an applicable negotiated agreement, if any.
3. A police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff or other law enforcement officer may be a member of an employee organization only if such employee organization is composed exclusively of law enforcement officers.
4. A civilian employee of a metropolitan police department which is organized pursuant to chapter 280 of NRS may be a member of an employee organization only if such employee organization is composed exclusively of civilian employees of a metropolitan police department which is organized pursuant to chapter 280 of NRS.
5. The following persons may not be a member of an employee organization:
(a) A supervisory employee described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 288.138, including but not limited to appointed officials and department heads who are primarily responsible for formulating and administering management, policy and programs.
(b) A doctor or physician who is employed by a local government employer.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, an attorney who is employed by a local government employer and who is assigned to a civil law division, department or agency. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply with respect to an attorney for the duration of a collective bargaining agreement to which the attorney is a party as of July 1, 2011.
6. As used in this section, "doctor or physician" means a doctor, physician, homeopathic physician, osteopathic physician, naprapath, chiropractic physician, practitioner of Oriental medicine, podiatric physician or practitioner of optometry, as those terms are defined or used, respectively, in NRS 630.014, 630A.050, 633.091, chapter 634 of NRS, chapter 634A of NRS, NRS 634B.050, chapter 635 of NRS or chapter 636 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1377; A 2011, 2900; 2023, 400, 1699)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.153 - Agreement must be approved at public hearing; publication of documents and materials by governing body; report of fiscal impact of agreement.

1. Any new, extended or modified collective bargaining agreement or similar agreement between a local government employer and an employee organization must be approved by the governing body of the local government employer at a public hearing.
2. Not less than 3 business days before the date of the hearing, the governing body shall cause the following documents to be posted and made available for downloading on the Internet website of the local government or, if the local government does not have such a website, deposited with the clerk of the governing body:
(a) The proposed agreement and any exhibits or other attachments to the proposed agreement;
(b) If the proposed agreement is a modification of a previous agreement, a document showing any language added to or deleted from the previous agreement; and
(c) Any supporting material prepared for the governing body and relating to the fiscal impact of the agreement.
3. Any document deposited with the clerk of the governing body pursuant to subsection 2 is a public record and must be open for public inspection pursuant to NRS 239.010.
4. At the hearing, the chief executive officer of the local government shall report to the governing body of the local government the fiscal impact of the agreement.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2359; A 2015, 329)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.155 - Agreements may extend beyond term of member or officer of local government employer.

Agreements entered into between local government employers and employee organizations pursuant to this chapter may extend beyond the term of office of any member or officer of the local government employer.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 40; A 2015, 1596; 2019, 2677)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.160 - Recognition of employee organization: Application for and withdrawal of recognition; exclusive bargaining agent; election.

1. An employee organization may apply to a local government employer for recognition by presenting:
(a) A copy of its constitution and bylaws, if any;
(b) A roster of its officers, if any, and representatives; and
(c) A pledge in writing not to strike against the local government employer under any circumstances.
A local government employer shall not recognize as representative of its employees any employee organization which has not adopted, in a manner valid under its own rules, the pledge required by paragraph (c).
2. If an employee organization, at or after the time of its application for recognition, presents a verified membership list showing that it represents a majority of the employees in a bargaining unit, and if the employee organization is recognized by the local government employer, it shall be the exclusive bargaining agent of the local government employees in that bargaining unit.
3. A local government employer may withdraw recognition from an employee organization which:
(a) Fails to present a copy of each change in its constitution or bylaws, if any, or to give notice of any change in the roster of its officers, if any, and representatives;
(b) Disavows its pledge not to strike against the local government employer under any circumstances;
(c) Ceases to be supported by a majority of the local government employees in the bargaining unit for which it is recognized; or
(d) Fails to negotiate in good faith with the local government employer,
if it first receives the written permission of the Board.
4. If the Board in good faith doubts whether any employee organization is supported by a majority of the local government employees in a particular bargaining unit, it may conduct an election by secret ballot upon the question. Subject to judicial review, the decision of the Board is binding upon the local government employer and all employee organizations involved.
5. The parties may agree in writing, without appealing to the Board, to hold a representative election to determine whether an employee organization represents the majority of the local government employees in a bargaining unit. Participation by the Board and its staff in an agreed election is subject to the approval of the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1378; A 1971, 1504; 1975, 921; 1977, 1366; 1983, 1624)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.161 - Local government employer to file list of recognized employee organizations with Board.

Each local government employer shall, on or before November 30 of each year, file with the Board a list of all employee organizations recognized by the employer and a description of the bargaining unit for each employee organization.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1669)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees › NRS 288.165 - Recognized employee organization to file annual report with Board.

1. Each employee organization recognized by a local government employer in this State shall file a report with the Board during November of each year.
2. The report required by this section shall include:
(a) The full name of the employee organization.
(b) The name of each local government employer which recognizes the employee organization.
(c) The names of the officers of the employee organization.
(d) The total number of persons in each bargaining unit represented by the employee organization.
(e) Copies of all changes in the employee organization’s constitution or bylaws adopted during the preceding year.
(f) The name, address and telephone number of the person designated by the employee organization to receive communications from the Board on business relating to the employee organization.
(g) A copy of any collective bargaining agreement in effect between the organization and the local government employer.
3. An employee organization which has not previously been recognized by a local government employer shall file the information required by this section within 30 days after recognition.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 284)