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NRS 338.060 - Forfeitures when workers paid less than designated rates or willfully reported in inaccurate or incomplete manner or not reported to public body; forfeiture clause in contracts; regulation establishing sliding scale for penalties; recovery of investigative costs and attorney’s fees; waiver or reduction of penalty.

NV Rev Stat § 338.060 (2019) (N/A)
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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, a contractor engaged on a public work shall forfeit, as a penalty to the public body on behalf of which the contract has been made and awarded to the contractor, not less than $20 nor more than $50 for each calendar day or portion thereof that each worker employed on the public work is paid less than the designated rate for any work done under the contract, by the contractor or any subcontractor engaged on the public work.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, a contractor engaged on a public work shall forfeit, as a penalty to the public body on behalf of which the contract has been made and awarded to the contractor, not less than $20 nor more than $50 for each calendar day or portion thereof for each worker employed on the public work for which the contractor or subcontractor willfully included inaccurate or incomplete information in the monthly record required to be submitted to the public body pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 338.070.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, a contractor engaged on a public work shall forfeit, as a penalty to the public body on behalf of which the contract has been made and awarded to the contractor, not less than $20 nor more than $50 for each calendar day or portion thereof that each worker employed on the public work is not reported to the public body awarding the contract by the contractor or any subcontractor engaged on the public work as required pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 338.070, up to a maximum of:

(a) For the first failure to comply during the term of the contract for the public work, $1,000; and

(b) For each subsequent failure to comply during the term of the contract for the public work, $5,000.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, if a violation of more than one provision of subsections 1, 2 and 3 involves the same worker, the contractor shall forfeit the penalty set forth in each subsection that was violated.

5. A public body awarding a contract for a public work shall cause a stipulation setting forth the penalties specified in subsections 1 to 4, inclusive, to be inserted in the contract.

6. The Labor Commissioner shall, by regulation, establish a sliding scale based on the size of the business of a contractor engaged on a public work to determine the amount of the penalty to be imposed pursuant to subsections 1 and 2.

7. If a penalty is imposed pursuant to this section, the costs of the proceeding, including investigative costs and attorney’s fees, may be recovered by the Labor Commissioner and the public body.

8. The Labor Commissioner may, for good cause shown, waive or reduce any penalty imposed pursuant to this section.

[6:139:1937; A 1941, 389; 1931 NCL § 6179.56] — (NRS A 1993, 896; 1997, 3355; 2001, 1148; 2003, 1862, 2415; 2013, 753)

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