Nevada

Region
Nevada
Required to Report
No
State Office
Poison Control
Phone 1
800-222-1222
WPS Enforcement
Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency

Department of Agriculture, Plant Industry Division: http://agri.nv.gov/Plant/Environmental_Services/Worker_Protection_Standard/

Legal Services Referral for Violations

Nevada Legal Services at 702-386-0404 (http://www.nlslaw.net)

Coverage for Farmworkers
Optional
Limitations
Employer may elect to provide workers' compensation coverage. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 616B.460(1) (2010).
Statute
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 616A.110(4) (2010) (persons excluded include any person engaged in farm, dairy, or agriculture or horticultural labor, or in stock or poultry raising).
Coverage for Undocumented Workers
Yes
Case Law
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 616A.105 (defining "employee" to include aliens "whether lawfully or unlawfully employed").
Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers
Undocumented workers are eligible for income compensation, but not vocational rehabilitation benefits. Tarango v. State Indus. Ins. Sys., 25 P.3d 175, 177, 183 (Nev. 2001) (finding that income compensation can be paid to undocumented worker, but that no vocational retraining cannot be required).
State Workers’ Compensation Website
Nevada Department of Business and Industry
Online forms
Workers' Compensation Forms