2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 613 - Employment Practices
NRS 613.838 - Employer required to provide written notice of layoff; timing; language; contents. [Effective through the later of the date on which the Governor terminates the emergency described in the Declaration of Emergency for COVID-19 issued on March 12, 2020, or August 31, 2022.]
1. In the event of a layoff, an employer shall provide an employee who is to be laid off with written notice of the layoff, either in person or mailed to the last known address of the employee and, if the employer possesses such contact information, by telephone, text message or electronic mail.
2. The employer shall provide the notice required by this section at the time of the layoff or, if the layoff took place before July 1, 2021, not later than 20 days after July 1, 2021.
3. The employer shall provide the notice required by this section to each affected employee in Spanish, English and any other language that is spoken by not less than 10 percent of the employer’s workforce.
4. The notice required by this section must include:
(a) A notice of the layoff and the effective date of the layoff.
(b) A summary of the right to reemployment pursuant to NRS 613.800 to 613.854, inclusive, or clear instructions on the means by which the employee may access the information regarding that right.
(c) Contact information for the person who the employer has designated to receive, on behalf of the employer, an aggrieved employee’s written notice of an alleged violation pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 613.846.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3588)
