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Nevada Whistleblower Laws
More Information on Whistleblower Laws
| Code Section | 618.445 |
| Prohibited Employer Activity | Can not discharge or discriminate if employee files a complaint, institutes a proceeding or testifies regarding a violation of health and safety statutes |
| Protection for Public or Private Employees? | Both |
| Opportunity for Employer to Correct? | - |
| Remedies | Can file a complaint after first notifying employer and division, within 30 days of the violation for a reinstatement, back pay and lost work benefits |
| Penalties | - |
| Code Section | 281.611, et seq. |
| Prohibited Employer Activity | Can not directly or indirectly intimidate, threaten, coerce, command, or influence another state officer or employee or prevent disclosure of violation of state law/regulation, abuse of authority, substantial and specific danger to public health or safety or gross waste of public money |
| Protection for Public or Private Employees? | Public |
| Opportunity for Employer to Correct? | - |
| Remedies | Can file a written appeal with department of personnel within 2 years of disclosing; hearing officer can order person to desist and refrain from such action |
| Penalties | - |
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