Nevada Code § 613.155

Notification to employer of employees sickness or injury and inability to work; requirement of physical presence at workplace to give notice prohibited; penalties
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1. An employer:
(a) Shall not require an employee to be
physically present at his or her place of work in order to notify his or her
employer that he or she is sick or has sustained an injury that is not
work-related and cannot work.
(b) May require an employee to notify the
employer that he or she is sick or injured and cannot report for work.
2. In addition to any other remedy or
penalty, the Labor Commissioner may impose against any employer or agent or
representative thereof that is found to have violated any provision of this
section an administrative penalty of not more than $5,000 for each such
violation.
3. If an administrative penalty is imposed
pursuant to this section, the costs of the proceeding, including without
limitation, investigative costs and attorneys fees, may be recovered by the
Labor Commissioner.

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