Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 611 - Employment Agencies and Offices
NRS 611.460 - Responsibilities of client company and professional employer organization; limitations; joint and several liability of client company.


1. A client company of a professional employer organization as defined in NRS 611.400 shall be deemed to be the employer of the employees it leases for the purposes of chapter 612 of NRS.
2. A professional employer organization shall be deemed to be an employer of its leased employees for the purposes of offering, sponsoring and maintaining any benefit plans. The provisions of this subsection do not affect the employer-employee relationship that exists between a leased employee and a client company.
3. A professional employer organization shall not offer, sponsor or maintain for its leased employees any self-funded insurance program. A professional employer organization shall not act as a self-insured employer or be a member of an association of self-insured public or private employers pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS or title 57 of NRS.
4. If a professional employer organization fails to:
(a) Pay any contributions, premiums, forfeits or interest due; or
(b) Submit any reports or other information required,
pursuant to this chapter or chapter 616A, 616C, 616D or 617 of NRS, the client company is jointly and severally liable for the contributions, premiums, forfeits or interest attributable to the wages of the employees leased to it by the professional employer organization.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2420; A 1995, 2014, 2135; 1997, 579; 2003, 20th Special Session, 218; 2007, 3340; 2009, 1129; 2011, 3421; 2015, 2680; 2021, 1924)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616B.691)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 611 - Employment Agencies and Offices

NRS 611.010 - Establishment and maintenance.

NRS 611.020 - Definitions.

NRS 611.023 - Administration by Labor Commissioner; regulations.

NRS 611.025 - Hearings by Labor Commissioner; issuance and enforcement of subpoenas.

NRS 611.030 - License: Procurement from Labor Commissioner; penalty for doing business without license.

NRS 611.040 - Application for license.

NRS 611.045 - Investigation of applicant; issuance and renewal of license.

NRS 611.050 - Grounds for denial, suspension and revocation of license.

NRS 611.055 - Employment agency to be permitted to continue business during pendency of review proceedings.

NRS 611.060 - Fees for licenses and renewals.

NRS 611.070 - Bond: Amount; conditions; deposits in lieu of bond; increase of bond or deposit; Labor Commissioner’s Account for Bonds.

NRS 611.080 - Bond: Payable to people of State of Nevada; conditions.

NRS 611.090 - Bond: Failure to file new bond after demand; revocation of license.

NRS 611.100 - Deposit of fees for licenses.

NRS 611.110 - Contents of license.

NRS 611.120 - Persons and places protected.

NRS 611.130 - Posting of license in employment agency.

NRS 611.135 - Claims against licensees: Assignment to Labor Commissioner; disposition of amounts recovered.

NRS 611.140 - Actions against licensees: Parties; limitation of action; assignment; jurisdiction.

NRS 611.150 - Actions against licensees: Service of summons.

NRS 611.160 - Records: Maintenance and retention; contents; false entry prohibited.

NRS 611.170 - Records: Inspection by Labor Commissioner; furnishing copy.

NRS 611.175 - Copy of contract to be given to applicant.

NRS 611.180 - Invoice to be given to applicant; contents.

NRS 611.200 - Receipts: Issuance; retention of duplicate; required statement.

NRS 611.210 - Approval of forms by Labor Commissioner.

NRS 611.220 - Limit on fee.

NRS 611.225 - Interest on account past due; charge for returned check.

NRS 611.230 - Posting of notice of limitation of fee.

NRS 611.240 - Authorization for referral required before acceptance of fee from applicant or referral of applicant.

NRS 611.250 - Refunding of fee paid by applicant.

NRS 611.260 - Limitation on fee if applicant employed less than 30 days.

NRS 611.265 - Prohibited practices.

NRS 611.270 - Publication of false, fraudulent or misleading information; advertisements.

NRS 611.280 - Accepting application by child or placing child in employment in violation of chapter 609 of NRS.

NRS 611.290 - Statement of existence of labor dispute to be furnished applicant; retention of signed copy.

NRS 611.300 - Division of fees with certain persons prohibited.

NRS 611.310 - Enforcement by Labor Commissioner; prosecution by district attorney.

NRS 611.320 - Criminal and administrative penalties.

NRS 611.400 - Definitions.

NRS 611.410 - License required; expiration; penalty.

NRS 611.420 - Written application for issuance or renewal of license must be on approved form.

NRS 611.430 - Contents of application; fee; Labor Commissioner to be notified of certain changes in information about applicant; power of Labor Commissioner to refuse to issue or revoke license; financial statements.

NRS 611.440 - Separate payroll records required upon operation of professional employer organization and temporary employment service; prohibition on maintaining policy of workers’ compensation insurance for both professional employer organization an...

NRS 611.450 - Written agreement regarding employment relationship with leased employees.

NRS 611.460 - Responsibilities of client company and professional employer organization; limitations; joint and several liability of client company.

NRS 611.470 - Assurance organizations: Authority of Labor Commissioner; regulations; independence and approval required.

NRS 611.480 - Administration and regulations; investigation and enforcement.

NRS 611.490 - Action for damages for statutory violation; administrative penalties.