NRS 618.435
Complaint of violation before or during inspection of workplace

  • review of refusal to issue citation
  • accompaniment of Division’s representative during inspection.

1.

Before or during any inspection of a workplace, any employee, representative of employees, provider of health care or governmental officer or employee whose primary duty is to ensure public safety, including a building inspector, building official or other similar authority, may notify the Administrator or any representative of the Administrator responsible for conducting the inspection, orally or in writing, of any violation of this chapter which they have reason to believe exists in the workplace. The Division shall by regulation establish procedures for informal review of any refusal by a representative of the Administrator to issue a citation with respect to any such alleged violation and shall furnish the employees or other persons requesting the review a written statement of the reasons for the Administrator’s final disposition of the case within 14 days after the Administrator receives the notice.

2.

An opportunity must be afforded to a representative of the employer and an authorized representative of the employees to accompany the representative of the Division during the physical inspection of the place of employment or, where there is no authorized representative of the employees, consultation must be had with a reasonable number of employees, but no more than one employee may accompany the Division’s representative during the inspection.

3.

Any employee of the employer who accompanies the representative of the Division during the inspection pursuant to subsection 2 is entitled to be paid by the employer at the employee’s regular rate of pay for the time spent with the representative of the Division inspecting the place of employment if the employee would have otherwise been compensated for working during that time.

4.

For the purposes of this section, “representative of an employee” means a person previously identified to the Division as an authorized representative of the employee bargaining unit of a labor organization which has a collective bargaining relationship with the employer and represents the affected employees.

Source: Section 618.435 — Complaint of violation before or during inspection of workplace; review of refusal to issue citation; accompaniment of Division’s representative during inspection., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-618.­html#NRS618Sec435.

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Employer required to report certain accidents and motor vehicle crashes occurring in the course of employment 618.379
Dismantling or removal of equipment causing certain accidents or motor vehicle crashes prohibited under certain circumstances 618.380
Employee to be notified of harmful exposure and corrective action. 618.383
Establishment of safety program: Duties of certain employers 618.384
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Employers not to maintain unsafe or unhealthy places of employment. 618.395
Construction and maintenance of unsafe or unhealthy place of employment prohibited. 618.405
Removal of or interference with safety devices or safeguards by employee prohibited. 618.415
Permanent variances from standards. 618.417
Variance from standard: Participation in experiments to safeguard health or safety. 618.419
Variance from standard: Application for temporary order 618.421
Variance from standard: Contents 618.425
Request for investigation 618.435
Complaint of violation before or during inspection of workplace 618.445
Employee protected from discharge or discrimination 618.455
Advance notice of inspection prohibited 618.3785
Division to provide notice to certain persons affected by certain accidents or motor vehicle crashes under certain circumstances.
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

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