11.209 - Actions against principal contractors by employees of subcontractors for wages or benefits. - Nevada Statutes

11.209  Actions against principal contractors by employees of subcontractors for wages or benefits.

      1.  No action against a principal contractor for the recovery of wages due an employee of a subcontractor or contributions or premiums required to be made or paid on account of the employee may be commenced more than:

      (a) Two years, if the principal contractor is located in Nevada; or

      (b) Three years, if the principal contractor is located outside this state,

Ê after the date the employee should have received those wages from or those contributions or premiums should have been made or paid by the subcontractor.

      2.  No action against a principal contractor for the recovery of benefits due an employee of a subcontractor may be commenced more than:

      (a) Three years, if the principal contractor is located in Nevada; or

      (b) Four years, if the principal contractor is located outside this state,

Ê after the date the employee should have received those benefits from the subcontractor.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 1350)