NAC607.300. Prehearing conference.

     1. If any party disputes a claim or complaint, the Commissioner may require the parties to appear before him at a prehearing conference at a time and place designated by the Commissioner to establish the issues to be resolved at the hearing and discuss the settlement of the matter.

     2. The Commissioner may enter reasonable orders governing the conduct of the prehearing conference and, for good cause, allow a party to appear via telephone.

     3. The parties may be represented by counsel at the prehearing conference.

     4. The parties shall present all evidence then known to them that substantiates their respective positions during the prehearing conference.

     5. A prehearing conference conducted pursuant to this section may not be recorded.

     6. Offers of settlement discussed at the prehearing conference may not be used as an admission at any subsequent hearing, and the Commissioner will so inform the parties at the beginning of the prehearing conference.

     7. At the prehearing conference, the parties shall make a good faith effort to resolve the matter through settlement or stipulation.

     8. If the Commissioner determines that the matter cannot be resolved at the prehearing conference, he may issue a determination in the matter pursuant to NAC 607.065.

     (Added to NAC by Labor Comm’r by R134-03, eff. 12-4-2003)