NRS 608.158
Notice of failure to pay premiums for employee’s insurance

  • employer’s liability for deductions for premiums and failure to pay premiums without giving required notice
  • distribution of money recovered by Labor Commissioner for claims brought against employer.

1.

If an employer is the policyholder of a policy of group life or health insurance which covers his or her employees, the employer shall notify the employees of his or her inability to pay a premium when due or of his or her intention to stop paying premiums. The notice must be:

(a)

Given at least 10 days before the coverage will cease; and

(b)

Conspicuously posted at the place of employment or given in another manner which ensures that all employees will receive the information.

2.

In addition to any other remedy or penalty provided in this chapter, an employer is liable to an employee for any money deducted from the employee’s wages for the payment of premiums on a policy of group life or health insurance if the money was not so used.

3.

In addition to any other remedy or penalty provided in this chapter, if:

(a)

An employer knowingly and willfully stops paying premiums on a policy of group life or health insurance and fails to give proper and timely notice to his or her employees pursuant to subsection 1; and

(b)

One or more of the employees, after coverage under the policy ceases and before they are given notice that the employer has stopped paying premiums, incur claims for benefits which those employees would have received under the policy had their coverage not ceased,
Ê the employer is liable to those employees for the amount of the claims incurred, except that the employer’s total liability for all such claims combined must not exceed the amount of the premiums, calculated on a monthly basis, that the employer would have been required to pay under the policy to provide coverage for those employees during the period in which the claims were incurred by the employees.

4.

If the Labor Commissioner brings an action pursuant to subsection 3 against an employer on behalf of the employees, any money recovered by the Labor Commissioner must be distributed on a pro rata basis among the employees who have claims against the employer, except that no employee may recover more than the total amount of all claims that the employee has against the employer. If the amount of money recovered by the Labor Commissioner exceeds the total amount of all claims from all employees, the excess amount must be deposited in the State General Fund.

Source: Section 608.158 — Notice of failure to pay premiums for employee’s insurance; employer’s liability for deductions for premiums and failure to pay premiums without giving required notice; distribution of money recovered by Labor Commissioner for claims brought against employer., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-608.­html#NRS608Sec158.

608.016
Payment for each hour of work 608.017
Discrimination on basis of sex prohibited 608.018
Compensation for overtime: Requirement 608.019
Periods for meals and rest. 608.020
Discharge of employee: Immediate payment. 608.030
Payment of employee who resigns or quits employment. 608.040
Penalty for failure to pay discharged or quitting employee. 608.050
Wages to be paid at termination of service: Penalty 608.060
Semimonthly payments 608.070
Agreements between employers and employees for other than semimonthly payments. 608.080
Paydays and time and place of payment: Posting notice of regular day, time and place 608.090
Adjustment of wages for additional payments 608.100
Unlawful decrease in compensation by employer 608.110
Withholding of portion of wages. 608.115
Records of wages. 608.120
Manner of payment of wages. 608.130
Payment of wages by negotiable instrument 608.140
Assessment of attorney’s fees in action for recovery of wages. 608.150
Original contractor liable for indebtedness for labor incurred by subcontractor or contractor acting under, by or for original contractor 608.152
Claim to indebtedness for labor incurred by subcontractor or contractor: Written notice of claim 608.154
Lodging as part of wages or compensation 608.155
Meals as part of wages or compensation 608.156
Benefits for health care: Expenses for treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders. 608.157
Benefits for health care: Coverage for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. 608.158
Notice of failure to pay premiums for employee’s insurance 608.160
Taking or making deduction on account of tips or gratuities unlawful 608.165
Special uniforms, accessories and cleaning to be furnished without cost to employee. 608.0165
Basis for payment of employee who manufactures or uses explosives 608.170
Assignment of wages void against judgment creditors 608.190
Willful failure or refusal to pay wages due prohibited. 608.0193
Employer required to provide break time to express breast milk 608.195
Criminal and administrative penalties. 608.0195
Periods for sleep. 608.0197
Employer required to provide paid leave 608.0198
Employee entitled to leave related to domestic violence 608.1555
Benefits for health care: Provision in same manner as policy of insurance. 608.1575
Benefits for health care: Services provided by certain nurses. 608.1576
Benefits for health care: Prompt enrollment and restrictions on termination of enrollment of child 608.1577
Notices to employees: Acceptance of, change in or termination of benefits 608.1585
Notice to employee upon termination of employment of right to be issued insurance to replace group policy.
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

§ 608.158’s source at nv​.us