1. The Board shall establish one bargaining unit for each of the following occupational groups of employees of the Executive Department:
(a) Labor, maintenance, custodial and institutional employees, including, without limitation, employees of penal and correctional institutions who are not responsible for security at those institutions.
(b) Administrative and clerical employees, including, without limitation, legal support staff and employees whose work involves general office work, or keeping or examining records and accounts.
(c) Technical aides to professional employees, including, without limitation, computer programmers, tax examiners, conservation employees and regulatory inspectors.
(d) Professional employees who do not provide health care, including, without limitation, engineers, scientists and accountants.
(e) Professional employees who provide health care, including, without limitation, physical therapists and other employees in medical and other professions related to health.
(f) Employees, other than professional employees, who provide health care and personal care, including, without limitation, employees who provide care for children.
(g) Category I peace officers.
(h) Category II peace officers.
(i) Category III peace officers.
(j) Supervisory employees from all occupational groups.
(k) Firefighters.
2. The Board shall determine the classifications of employees within each bargaining unit. The parties to a collective bargaining agreement may assign a new classification to a bargaining unit based upon the similarity of the new classification to other classifications within the bargaining unit. If the parties to a collective bargaining agreement do not agree to the assignment of a new classification to a bargaining unit, the Board must assign a new classification to a bargaining unit based upon the similarity of the new classification to other classifications within the bargaining unit.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Category I peace officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.460.
(b) "Category II peace officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.470.
(c) "Category III peace officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.480.
(d) "Professional employee" means an employee engaged in work that:
(1) Is predominately intellectual and varied in character as opposed to routine mental, manual, mechanical or physical work;
(2) Involves the consistent exercise of discretion and judgment in its performance;
(3) Is of such a character that the result accomplished or produced cannot be standardized in relation to a given period; and
(4) Requires advanced knowledge in a field of science or learning customarily acquired through a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction and study in an institution of higher learning, as distinguished from general academic education, an apprenticeship or training in the performance of routine mental or physical processes.
(e) "Supervisory employee" has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 288.138.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3735)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 288 - Relations Between Governments and Public Employees
NRS 288.025 - "Administrative employee" defined.
NRS 288.027 - "Bargaining agent" defined.
NRS 288.028 - "Bargaining unit" defined.
NRS 288.029 - "Board" defined.
NRS 288.032 - "Collective bargaining" defined.
NRS 288.036 - "Commissioner" defined.
NRS 288.040 - "Employee organization" defined.
NRS 288.042 - "Executive Department" defined.
NRS 288.044 - "Fact-finding" defined.
NRS 288.048 - "Labor organization" defined.
NRS 288.050 - "Local government employee" defined.
NRS 288.060 - "Local government employer" defined.
NRS 288.065 - "Mediation" defined.
NRS 288.067 - "Recognition" defined.
NRS 288.074 - "Strike" defined.
NRS 288.075 - "Supervisory employee" defined.
NRS 288.080 - Creation; number, qualifications, terms of office and appointment of members.
NRS 288.090 - Officers and employees; quorum; voting; limitations on certain meetings.
NRS 288.100 - Salary and expenses of members.
NRS 288.105 - Fees assessed against local government employers.
NRS 288.120 - Subpoenas; powers of district court.
NRS 288.130 - Hearings and determinations are contested cases; judicial review.
NRS 288.132 - "Administrative employee" defined.
NRS 288.133 - "Bargaining agent" defined.
NRS 288.134 - "Bargaining unit" defined.
NRS 288.136 - "Recognition" defined.
NRS 288.138 - "Supervisory employee" defined.
NRS 288.139 - Fees assessed against local government employers.
NRS 288.475 - Fees assessed by Board against Executive Department.
NRS 288.151 - Reduction in workforce of school district.
NRS 288.155 - Agreements may extend beyond term of member or officer of local government employer.
NRS 288.165 - Recognized employee organization to file annual report with Board.
NRS 288.170 - Determination of bargaining unit; appeal to Board.
NRS 288.190 - Mediation: Selection and duties of mediator; cost.
NRS 288.195 - Right of employee organization to be represented by attorney.
NRS 288.203 - Compensation of members of panel; claims.
NRS 288.210 - Subpoenas of fact finder; powers of district court.
NRS 288.220 - Certain proceedings not required to be open or public.
NRS 288.230 - Legislative declaration; illegality of strikes.
NRS 288.240 - Injunctive relief against strike or threatened strike.
NRS 288.270 - Employer or representative; employee or employee organization.
NRS 288.280 - Controversies concerning prohibited practices to be submitted to Board.
NRS 288.400 - Legislative findings and declarations.
NRS 288.410 - "Arbitration" defined.
NRS 288.415 - "Bargaining unit" defined.
NRS 288.420 - "Confidential employee" defined.
NRS 288.425 - "Employee" defined.
NRS 288.430 - "Exclusive representative" defined.
NRS 288.435 - "Grievance" defined.
NRS 288.580 - Requirements and standards for decision of arbitrator; decision is final and binding.
NRS 288.585 - Supplemental bargaining.
NRS 288.590 - Certain proceedings not required to be open or public.
NRS 288.700 - Legislative findings and declaration; illegality of strikes.
NRS 288.705 - Injunctive relief against strike or threatened strike.