SUMMARY--Requires certain employers to determine feasibility of providing conveniently accessible child care for employees under certain circumstances. (BDR 53-1025)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Yes.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to labor; requiring certain employers to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of providing child care for their employees under certain circumstances; requiring those employers to provide child care upon a determination that the provision of child care is feasible; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 Chapter 608 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. Any employer who employs at least 300 persons in private employment at one location, shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of providing conveniently accessible child care for his employees, if at least 10 percent of the employees request such a study. After conducting the study, the employer shall notify the employees of his findings. If the employer determines that the provision of conveniently accessible child care is feasible, he shall, after consulting with his employees, provide the child care for his employees.
2. An employer is not required to conduct a study described in subsection 1 if he has conducted such a study within the preceding 12 months.
Sec. 2 NRS 608.180 is hereby amended to read as follows:
608.180The labor commissioner or his representative shall cause the provisions of NRS 608.005 to 608.170, inclusive, and section 1 of this act, to be enforced, and upon notice from him the district attorney of any county in which a violation of those sections has occurred or the special counsel, as provided by NRS 607.065, shall prosecute the action for enforcement according to law.
Sec. 3 The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses that are committed before October 1, 1997.
Sec. 4 The provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 354.599 do not apply to any additional expenses of a local government that are related to the provisions of this act.