Nevada Labor Guidance
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Prevailing wage does not extend to post-completion plant establishment work
A landscaping subcontractor asked whether Nevada prevailing wage applies to one-year "plant establishment work" (watering, weeding, and replacing dead plants) performed after a public works project re…
Truck drivers exempt from Apprenticeship Utilization Act reporting
Responding to inquiries from the trucking industry, the Labor Commissioner addressed whether Senate Bill 82's Apprenticeship Utilization Act (AUA) annual reporting requirement -- which requires contra…
Prevailing wage coverage of security/building-automation "programming" work
Clark County Purchasing and Contracts asked whether "programming" work for access-control systems, the Metasys building-automation system, and camera/video systems -- installed under the Electrician C…
Out-of-state apprenticeship program reciprocity under the Apprenticeship Utilization Act
On behalf of the Air Conditioning Trade Association (ACTA), an HVAC apprenticeship program registered in California and South Carolina but not yet registered with Nevada's State Apprenticeship Council…
Prevailing wage on Tourism Improvement District projects, and retroactivity before TID approval
An attorney asked five questions about how NRS Chapter 338's prevailing wage requirements apply to Tourism Improvement District (TID) projects under NRS Chapter 271A -- particularly what happens when …
Senate Bill 82 apprenticeship reporting is not retroactive to pre-2024 public works contracts
Clark County Purchasing and Contracts asked whether Senate Bill 82's overhaul of the Apprenticeship Utilization Act (AUA) -- effective January 1, 2024, replacing the complaint-driven enforcement of th…
When a private project becomes a public work mid-project via a financing agreement
Sparks' City Attorney asked three questions about the 5 Ridges development: what records are needed to investigate a wage complaint if the project becomes a public work mid-project through a Developme…
Prevailing wage for truck drivers hauling barrier rail from a shared NDOT storage yard
The Nevada Department of Transportation asked whether prevailing wage applies to truck drivers hauling temporary median barrier rail between a BLM-owned, NDOT-leased storage yard used for multiple pro…
Senate Bill 207 Apprenticeship Utilization Act: implementation Q&A
Ahead of and following Senate Bill 207's January 1, 2020 effective date, the Labor Commissioner issued a wide-ranging Q&A Advisory Opinion on the Apprenticeship Utilization Act (AUA): which public wor…
"Jurisdiction" under the Apprenticeship Utilization Act means the SB 243 prevailing wage region
The Nevada Department of Transportation asked what "jurisdiction" means under Senate Bill 207's Apprenticeship Utilization Act (AUA) when deciding whether "good cause" exists for a waiver because no a…
Truck drivers hauling to/from an off-site private facility, including de minimis trips, are not owed prevailing wage
The Associated General Contractors - Nevada Chapter asked the Labor Commissioner to clarify when prevailing wage applies to truck drivers, including drivers making numerous round trips between a publi…
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These are official interpretive documents from Nevada's labor agency: opinion letters answering questions from employers and workers, administrative policies, and interpretive notices. They show how the agency applies wage-and-hour and workplace law to real situations, but they are guidance, not statutes or court decisions, and the agency can supersede or withdraw them. Every page above shows the document's current status, when that status was last verified, and a link to the official source.