NRS 338.1568 Requirements for job order contracts: Wages; experienced workers and apprentices; compliance monitoring.

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1. A job order contract must require:

(a)The contractor and each subcontractor to pay all workers performing work under the contract, other than apprentices, not less than the prevailing wage required pursuant to NRS 338.020 to 338.090 , inclusive.

(b)All workers performing work under the contract, other than apprentices, to have:

(1)At least 3 years of relevant work experience; or

(2)Graduated from an apprentice program registered and approved by the State Apprenticeship Council pursuant to chapter 610 of NRS or approved by the United States Department of Labor.

(c)Except as otherwise provided in NRS 338.1574 , at least 25 percent of the workers performing work under the contract to be apprentices or to have graduated from an apprenticeship program registered and approved by the State Apprenticeship Council pursuant to chapter 610 of NRS.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a job order contract must establish mechanisms in addition to those provided in this chapter by which the public body will monitor and ensure compliance with the provisions of subsection 1, which may include, without limitation, requirements relating to the maintenance and submission of records to the public body that are in addition to those set forth in subsections 5 and 6 of NRS 338.070 . The provisions of this subsection do not apply if the work performed under the job order contract is subject to a project labor agreement, which includes requirements that are substantially similar to those set forth in subsection 1 and which provides for the resolution of disputes concerning compliance with those requirements through binding arbitration.

3. As used in this section:

(a)“Apprentice” means a person who is enrolled in an apprenticeship program that is registered and approved by the State Apprenticeship Council pursuant to chapter 610 of NRS.

(b)“Project labor agreement” means a prehire collective bargaining agreement described in 29 U.S.C. § 158(f) that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific project or projects of construction.