Nevada Code § 608.400

Misclassification prohibited; administrative penalties; notice and opportunity for hearing
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1. An employer shall not:
(a) Through means of coercion, misrepresentation
or fraud, require a person to be classified as an independent contractor or
form any business entity in order to classify the person as an independent
contractor; or
(b) Willfully misclassify or otherwise willfully
fail to properly classify a person as an independent contractor.
2. In addition to any other remedy or
penalty provided by law, the Labor Commissioner may impose an administrative
penalty against an employer who misclassifies a person as an independent
contractor or otherwise fails to properly classify a person as an employee of
the employer. An administrative penalty imposed pursuant to this section must
be:
(a) For a first offense committed by an employer
who misclassifies or otherwise fails to properly classify a person as an
employee of the employer, a warning issued to the employer by the Labor
Commissioner.
(b) For a second or subsequent offense, a fine of
$5,000 for each employee who was willfully misclassified imposed by the Labor
Commissioner.
3. Before the Labor Commissioner may
enforce an administrative penalty against an employer for misclassifying or
otherwise failing to properly classify an employee of the employer pursuant to
this section, the Labor Commissioner must provide the employer with notice and
an opportunity for a hearing as set forth in NRS
607.207 . The Labor Commissioner may impose the administrative penalty as
set forth in subsection 2 if the Labor Commissioner finds that:
(a) The employer misclassified a person as an
independent contractor; or
(b) The employer otherwise failed to properly
classify a person as an employee of the employer.

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