1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, the obligation of a contractor engaged on a public work or a subcontractor engaged on a public work to pay wages in accordance with the determination of the Labor Commissioner may be discharged in part by providing bona fide fringe benefits in the name of the worker.

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 338.035

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contract: means a written contract entered into between a contractor and a public body for the provision of labor, materials, equipment or supplies for a public work. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010
  • Contractor: means :

    (a) A person who is licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 624 of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010

  • Division: means the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public body: means the State, county, city, town, school district or any public agency of this State or its political subdivisions sponsoring or financing a public work. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010
  • Public work: means any project for the new construction, repair or reconstruction of a project financed in whole or in part from public money for:

    (a) Public buildings;

    (b) Jails and prisons;

    (c) Public roads;

    (d) Public highways;

    (e) Public streets and alleys;

    (f) Public utilities;

    (g) Publicly owned water mains and sewers;

    (h) Public parks and playgrounds;

    (i) Public convention facilities which are financed at least in part with public money; and

    (j) All other publicly owned works and property. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010

  • Subcontractor: means a person who:

    (a) Is licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 624 of NRS or performs such work that the person is not required to be licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS; and

    (b) Contracts with a contractor, another subcontractor or a supplier to provide labor, materials or services for a construction project. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010

  • Wages: means :

    (a) The basic hourly rate of pay; and

    (b) The amount of pension, health and welfare, vacation and holiday pay, the cost of apprenticeship training or other bona fide fringe benefits which are a benefit to the worker. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010

  • Worker: means a skilled mechanic, skilled worker, semiskilled mechanic, semiskilled worker or unskilled worker in the service of a contractor or subcontractor under any appointment or contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010

2.  A contractor or subcontractor may, pursuant to subsection 1, discharge any part of his or her obligation to pay wages in accordance with the determination of the Labor Commissioner only to the extent that the bona fide fringe benefits provided in the name of the worker are annualized.

3.  A contractor or subcontractor who, pursuant to subsection 1, discharges any part of his or her obligation to pay wages in accordance with the determination of the Labor Commissioner shall provide to the Labor Commissioner and the public body that awarded the contract for the public work any information requested by the Labor Commissioner or the public body, as applicable, to verify compliance with this section.

4.  In addition to any other remedy or penalty provided in this chapter, after providing the contractor or subcontractor with notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the Labor Commissioner shall, if the Labor Commissioner finds that the contractor or subcontractor has violated a provision of this section:

(a) For the first violation, impose against the contractor or subcontractor an administrative penalty of not less than $20 nor more than $50 for each calendar day or portion thereof that each worker employed on the public work is affected by the violation, up to a maximum of $2,500;

(b) For the second or any subsequent violation within 5 years after the date of imposition of an administrative penalty pursuant to paragraph (a), impose against the contractor or subcontractor an administrative penalty of not less than $20 nor more than $50 for each calendar day or portion thereof that each worker employed on the public work is affected by the violation, up to a maximum of $5,000;

(c) Require the contractor or subcontractor to make the affected worker whole by paying to the worker as wages any amounts disallowed as bona fide fringe benefits in a manner prescribed by the Labor Commissioner;

(d) Report the violation to the Attorney General, and the Attorney General may prosecute the contractor or subcontractor in accordance with law; and

(e) In addition to notifying the State Contractors’ Board pursuant to NRS 338.017, notify the provider of workers’ compensation for the contractor or subcontractor, the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation and the public body that awarded the contract for the public work of the violation.

5.  The amount of the penalty to be imposed pursuant to subsection 4 must be based on the sliding scale adopted by regulation pursuant to NRS 338.060.

6.  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.

7.  The provisions of this section do not apply with regard to:

(a) A worker whose benefits are determined pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement; or

(b) Contributions made in the name of the worker by a contractor or subcontractor to a defined contribution plan to the extent that the amount contributed does not exceed 25 percent of the hourly prevailing rate of wages for the worker on the public work.

8.  As used in this section:

(a) ’Annualized’ means an amount paid equally for all hours worked in a calendar year by the worker for the contractor or subcontractor who is providing bona fide fringe benefits.

(b) ’Defined contribution plan’ has the meaning ascribed to it in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(34).

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