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.

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 338.060

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.  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.

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