NRS 218A.300 Contract effecting loss of job seniority for attendance at regular or special session or meeting of legislative committee prohibited; duty of certain employers to grant leave to Legislators to attend meetings of legislative committees during interim.
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NRS 218A.300 Contract effecting loss of job seniority for attendance at regular or special session or meeting of legislative committee prohibited; duty of certain employers to grant leave to Legislators to attend meetings of legislative committees during interim.
1. No contract of employment wherein a private individual, corporation, association or partnership is the employer is lawful or enforceable in this State which works a loss of job seniority of any person by reason of the person’s absence from his or her regular duties or place of employment while attending a regular or special session as a Legislator or while attending a meeting for which leave is required pursuant to subsection 3.
2. The presence in a general contract between employer and employees or their representative of any provision which violates subsection 1 does not affect the validity of any other and separable provision.
3. If any private employer who has more than 50 employees or any public employer employs a person who is a Legislator, the employer shall grant leave to the employee, with or without pay at the discretion of the employer, for the employee’s attendance during the legislative interim at a:
(a)Meeting of the Legislative Commission of which the employee is a member or a subcommittee of the Legislative Commission of which the employee is a member;
(b)Meeting of the Interim Finance Committee of which the employee is a member or other legislative committee or subcommittee created by statute of which the employee is a member;
(c)Meeting of an interim committee which conducts a study or investigation pursuant to NRS 218E.200 of which the employee is a member or any other committee established by the Legislature which conducts an interim legislative study of which the employee is a member; or
(d)Meeting of a committee, other than a legislative committee, if the employee is a member of the committee in the employee’s official capacity as a Legislator.