NAC613.060. Informal hearing.

     1. The labor commissioner may require the employee or participant who requested a hearing pursuant to NAC 613.050 and the employer who allegedly violated the provisions of NAC 613.040 to appear before him for an informal resolution of the controversy at a location within the county where the employee or participant resides.

     2. The employee or participant and the employer may be represented by counsel at the informal hearing.

     3. An informal hearing conducted pursuant to this section must not be recorded. Any matter discussed or material presented at the informal hearing may not be admitted into evidence at a subsequent formal hearing. The labor commissioner will inform all parties at the beginning of the informal hearing that such material or discussion may not be used at a subsequent formal hearing.

     4. The holding of an informal hearing does not prevent the labor commissioner from requiring a formal hearing.

     5. If the labor commissioner determines that the matter cannot be resolved at the informal hearing, he will conduct a formal hearing to resolve the matter.

     (Added to NAC by Labor Comm’r by R152-98, eff. 3-18-99)