NRS 616D.230
Failure of employer to pay amount charged for engaging in certain prohibited acts

  • civil liability
  • additional penalties
  • disposition of amount collected.

1.

An employer who fails to pay an amount of money charged to the employer pursuant to the provisions of NRS 616D.200 or 616D.220 is liable in a civil action commenced by the Attorney General for:

(a)

Any amount charged to the employer by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 616D.200 or 616D.220;

(b)

Not more than $10,000 for each act of willful deception;

(c)

An amount equal to three times the total amount of the reasonable expenses incurred by the State in enforcing this section; and

(d)

Payment of interest on the amount charged at the rate fixed pursuant to NRS 99.040 for the period from the date upon which the amount charged was due to the date upon which the amount charged is paid.

2.

A criminal action need not be brought against an employer described in subsection 1 before civil liability attaches under this section.

3.

Any payment of money charged pursuant to the provisions of NRS 616D.200 or 616D.220 and collected pursuant to paragraph (a) or (d) of subsection 1 must be paid into the Uninsured Employers’ Claim Account.

4.

Any penalty collected pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 1 must be used to pay the salaries and other expenses of the Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance established pursuant to the provisions of NRS 228.420. Any money remaining at the end of any fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund.

Source: Section 616D.230 — Failure of employer to pay amount charged for engaging in certain prohibited acts; civil liability; additional penalties; disposition of amount collected., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-616D.­html#NRS616DSec230.

Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

§ 616D.230’s source at nv​.us