NRS 288.515
Establishment of bargaining units

  • classifications of employees within bargaining units.

1.

The Board shall establish one bargaining unit for each of the following occupational groups of employees of the Executive Department:

(a)

Labor, maintenance, custodial and institutional employees, including, without limitation, employees of penal and correctional institutions who are not responsible for security at those institutions.

(b)

Administrative and clerical employees, including, without limitation, legal support staff and employees whose work involves general office work, or keeping or examining records and accounts.

(c)

Technical aides to professional employees, including, without limitation, computer programmers, tax examiners, conservation employees and regulatory inspectors.

(d)

Professional employees who do not provide health care, including, without limitation, engineers, scientists and accountants.

(e)

Professional employees who provide health care, including, without limitation, physical therapists and other employees in medical and other professions related to health.

(f)

Employees, other than professional employees, who provide health care and personal care, including, without limitation, employees who provide care for children.

(g)

Category I peace officers.

(h)

Category II peace officers.

(i)

Category III peace officers.

(j)

Supervisory employees from all occupational groups.

(k)

Firefighters.

2.

The Board shall determine the classifications of employees within each bargaining unit. The parties to a collective bargaining agreement may assign a new classification to a bargaining unit based upon the similarity of the new classification to other classifications within the bargaining unit. If the parties to a collective bargaining agreement do not agree to the assignment of a new classification to a bargaining unit, the Board must assign a new classification to a bargaining unit based upon the similarity of the new classification to other classifications within the bargaining unit.

3.

As used in this section:

(a)

“Category I peace officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.460.

(b)

“Category II peace officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.470.

(c)

“Category III peace officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.480.

(d)

“Professional employee” means an employee engaged in work that:

(1)

Is predominately intellectual and varied in character as opposed to routine mental, manual, mechanical or physical work;

(2)

Involves the consistent exercise of discretion and judgment in its performance;

(3)

Is of such a character that the result accomplished or produced cannot be standardized in relation to a given period; and

(4)

Requires advanced knowledge in a field of science or learning customarily acquired through a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction and study in an institution of higher learning, as distinguished from general academic education, an apprenticeship or training in the performance of routine mental or physical processes.

(e)

“Supervisory employee” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 288.138.

Source: Section 288.515 — Establishment of bargaining units; classifications of employees within bargaining units., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-288.­html#NRS288Sec515.

288.500
Rights of employees
288.505
Requirements for collective bargaining agreements
288.510
Authority of Governor regarding salaries, wages and other employee compensation included in proposed executive budget.
288.515
Establishment of bargaining units
288.520
Requirements for designating labor organization as exclusive representative for bargaining unit without holding election.
288.525
Requirements for designating labor organization as exclusive representative for bargaining unit following election.
288.530
Procedures for holding election to determine exclusive representative for bargaining unit.
288.535
Duties of Board in presiding over election to determine exclusive representative for bargaining unit
288.540
Duties of exclusive representative for bargaining unit
288.545
Withholding from salary or wages to pay dues or fees to labor organization designated as exclusive representative for bargaining unit.
288.550
Term of collective bargaining agreements
288.555
Collective bargaining agreements must be approved by State Board of Examiners at public hearing.
288.560
Effective date of provisions of collective bargaining agreements
288.565
Duty of Governor to designate representative to negotiate collective bargaining agreements on behalf of Executive Department
288.570
Request for mediation if parties cannot reach collective bargaining agreements
288.575
Discontinuance of mediation
288.580
Requirements and standards for decision of arbitrator
288.585
Supplemental bargaining.
288.590
Certain proceedings not required to be open or public.
288.595
Capacity to sue or be sued
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

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