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Truck drivers exempt from Apprenticeship Utilization Act reporting

Summary 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 contractors on public works to report total and apprentice hours worked by February 15 each year -- applies to the Truck Driver job classification. The Labor Commissioner held that it does not, extending the reasoning of AO-2020-01 (no waiver required because no Registered Apprenticeship Program exists for Truck Drivers in Nevada) to this newer reporting duty, for as long as that remains true. Matters to trucking contractors and subcontractors performing public works hauling work in Nevada.

Document

Nevada opinion letter

Agency

Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner (OLC)

Document number

AO-2025-03

Date issued

March 10, 2025

Status

Active

Extends AO-2020-01's exemption for the Truck Driver classification (no Registered Apprenticeship Programs exist for it in Nevada) to a separate, newer reporting requirement created by SB 82 (NRS 338.01165(10)), effective 2024-01-01.

Status last verified July 6, 2026

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STATE OF NEVADA
JOE LOMBARDO DR. KRISTOPHER SANCHEZ
Governor Director

                                                                                                                   BRETT K. HARRIS. ESQ.
                                                                                                                     Labor Commissioner




                                DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
                          OFFICE OF THE LABOR COMMISSIONER
                                                       MARCH 10, 2025

      ADVISORY OPINION – NEVADA ADMINISTATIVE CODE § 607.650
   SENATE BILL 82 APPRENTICESHIP UTILIZATION ACT – TRUCK DRIVERS

Pursuant to Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) Section 607.650, the Labor Commissioner is issuing the following Advisory Opinion regarding Senate Bill (SB) 82. The Labor Commissioner has received multiple inquiries from trucking industry members who work on Public Works regarding whether Senate Bill 82 Apprenticeship Utilization Act (AUA) reporting requirements apply to the Truck Driver Job Classification. This Advisory Opinion is intended to provide guidance on these inquiries.

Pursuant to NRS 338.015, the Labor Commissioner is tasked with enforcing the provisions of NRS 338.010 to NRS 338.130, inclusive. NRS 338.01165(10) requires a contractor or subcontractor engaged in vertical or horizontal construction who employes a worker on one or more public works pursuant to NRS 338.040 to report to the Labor Commissioner specific information regarding total hours worked and apprentice hours worked on vertical and horizontal construction for the prior calendar year on or before February 15 of each year. This reporting requirement was introduced by Senate Bill 82 from the 2023 Session of the Nevada Legislature, which went into effect on January 1, 2024.

In Advisory Opinion AO-2020-01, the Labor Commissioner clarified that there would be no Requests for Waiver required under the AUA for the Truck Driver Job Classification because there were no Registered Apprenticeship Programs for Truck Drivers in the State of Nevada. Based on the exemption defined in AO-2020-01, and for the sake of administrative efficiency, the Labor Commissioner interprets the Truck Driver Classification to also be exempt from such reporting requirements pursuant to NRS 338.01165(10). This exemption will prevail so long as there are no Registered Apprenticeship Programs for Truck Drivers in the State of Nevada. Please be advised that the Labor Commissioner may revisit this issue as needed through an additional Advisory Opinion or through the Administrative Rulemaking process.

Sincerely,

Brett K. Harris, Esq.
Labor Commissioner

         Carson City: 1818 E. College Parkway, Suite 102, Carson City, Nevada 89706 - Telephone (775) 684-1890 - Fax (775) 687-6409
               Las Vegas: 3340 W. Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 - Telephone (702) 486-2650 - Fax (702) 486-2660
                                            www.labor.nv.gov      [email protected]

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