Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 607 - Labor Commissioner
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS
Inquiries, Investigations, Claims and Determinations
Section 607.075 - Claim for wages: Review by Commissioner; notice of claim; action by employer; issuance of determination

1. Upon the electronic filing with the Commissioner of a claim for wages or an anonymous claim, the Commissioner will review the claim to determine whether to take jurisdiction of the claim.

2. If the Commissioner, after reviewing the claim and conducting such further inquiry as he or she deems necessary, determines that the complainant has the ability to employ private counsel or that the information submitted with the claim is insufficient to substantiate the claim, the Commissioner may decline to take jurisdiction of the claim or may return the claim to the complainant for further information necessary to substantiate the claim.

3. If the Commissioner takes jurisdiction of the claim, the Commissioner will issue a notice of claim for wages to the employer who is the subject of the claim and cause a copy of the notice of claim for wages to be served upon the employer by United States mail, facsimile or electronic mail.

4. A notice of claim for wages will set forth the claim of the employee and include:

5. Upon receiving a notice of claim for wages pursuant to this section, the employer may:

6. If the employer fails to respond to the notice of claim for wages by either settling or asserting a meritorious objection to the claim as provided in subsection 5, the Commissioner may issue a determination to the employer based on the facts as set forth in the claim. If the Commissioner issues such a determination, the Commissioner will cause service of the determination to be effected in accordance with the provisions of subsection 2 of NAC 607.065.