SUMMARY--Requires certain employers to determine feasibility of providing conveniently accessible child care for employees or reimbursing employees for costs of obtaining child care 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 or reimbursing their employees for the costs of obtaining child care under certain circumstances; 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 at one location, shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of:
(a) Providing affordable child care for his employees at the location of employment or at another location that is conveniently accessible; or
(b) Reimbursing his employees for all or a portion of the costs of obtaining conveniently accessible child care,
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 and submit a report of those findings to the labor commissioner.
2. An employer is not required to conduct a study described in subsection 1 if he:
(a) Has conducted such a study within the preceding 12 months; or
(b) Submits satisfactory evidence to the labor commissioner that he is currently providing child care for his employees or is reimbursing his employees for all or a portion of the costs of obtaining child care.
3. The labor commissioner shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, including, without limitation:
(a) The deadline for notifying employees of the findings of a study requested pursuant to subsection 1 and submitting the report of his findings to the labor commissioner; and
(b) The information that must be included in the report submitted to the labor commissioner.
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.