Nev. Rev. Stat. § 338.090

Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1
Section 338.090 - Penalties
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, any person, including the officers, agents or employees of a public body, who violates any provision of NRS 338.010 to 338.090, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. The Labor Commissioner, in addition to any other remedy or penalty provided in this chapter:
(a) Shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, assess a person who, after an opportunity for a hearing, is found to have failed to pay the prevailing wage required pursuant to NRS 338.020 to 338.090, inclusive, an amount equal to the difference between the prevailing wages required to be paid and the wages that the contractor or subcontractor actually paid;
(b) Shall require a person found to have willfully and repeatedly failed to pay the prevailing wage required pursuant to NRS 338.020 to 338.090, inclusive, to pay damages to each affected worker in an amount equal to the difference between the prevailing wages required to be paid and the wages that the contractor or subcontractor actually paid to the worker; and
(c) May, in addition to any other administrative penalty, impose an administrative penalty not to exceed the costs incurred by the Labor Commissioner to investigate and prosecute the matter.
3. If the Labor Commissioner finds that a person has failed to pay the prevailing wage required pursuant to NRS 338.020 to 338.090, inclusive, the public body may, in addition to any other remedy or penalty provided in this chapter, require the person to pay the actual costs incurred by the public body to investigate the matter.
4. The Labor Commissioner is not required to assess a person an amount equal to the difference between the prevailing wages required to be paid and the wages that the contractor or subcontractor actually paid if the contractor or subcontractor has already paid that amount to a worker pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 4 of NRS 338.035.
5. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a subcontractor specified in NRS 338.072.

NRS 338.090

[7 1/2:139:1937; A 1941, 389; 1931 NCL § 6179.57 1/2]-(NRS A 1967, 553; 1985, 2041; 1993, 2248; 2001, 1149; 2003, 799, 2417; 2013, 1027; 2019, 703; 2023, 451)
Amended by 2023, Ch. 92,§6, eff. 1/1/2024.
Amended by 2019, Ch. 132,§8, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by 2013, Ch. 241,§4, eff. 10/1/2013.
[7 1/2:139:1937; A 1941, 389; 1931 NCL § 6179.57 1/2] - (NRS A 1967, 553; 1985, 2041; 1993, 2248; 2001, 1149; 2003, 799, 2417)