NRS
50.070 Termination or threat of termination of employment because of
service as witness prohibited; penalty; remedies.
1. Any person, corporation, partnership,
association or other entity who is:
(a) An employer; or
(b) The employee, agent or officer of an
employer, vested with the power to terminate or recommend termination of
employment,
Ê of a person
who is a witness or who has received a summons to appear as a witness in a
judicial or administrative proceeding, who deprives the witness or person
summoned of his or her employment, as a consequence of his or her service as a
witness or prospective witness, or who asserts to the witness or person
summoned that his or her service as a witness or prospective witness will
result in termination of his or her employment, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. A person discharged from employment in
violation of subsection 1 may commence a civil action against his or her
employer and obtain:
(a) Wages and benefits lost as a result of the
violation;
(b) An order of reinstatement without loss of
position, seniority or benefits;
(c) Damages equal to the amount of the lost wages
and benefits; and
(d) Reasonable attorney’s fees fixed by the
court.
(Added to NRS by 1981,
366; A 1995,
209)
IMPEACHMENT
Notes of Decisions
Shoen v. Amerco, Inc., 896 P.2d 469 (Nev. 1995).
· cites it 4× “As Amerco argues, NRS 50.070, which prohibits employers from terminating an employee who is summoned to serve as a witness in any proceeding, provides Shoen with an adequate tort-type remedy that makes it unnecessary to allow a claim for tortious discharge.”
Batts v. Comput. Sciences Corp. (Nev. 2018).
· cites it 7× “Batts sued CSC, alleging a claim for wrongful termination under NRS 50.070 and alleging a common law tort of wrongful refusal to hire.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 50.070(1)(a): 1 case
Batts v. Comput. Sciences Corp. (Nev. 2018).
“Batts sued CSC, alleging a claim for wrongful termination under NRS 50.070 and alleging a common law tort of wrongful refusal to hire.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 50.070(2): 1 case
Batts v. Comput. Sciences Corp. (Nev. 2018).
“Batts sued CSC, alleging a claim for wrongful termination under NRS 50.070 and alleging a common law tort of wrongful refusal to hire.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 50.070(2)(c): 1 case
Shoen v. Amerco, Inc., 896 P.2d 469 (Nev. 1995).
“As Amerco argues, NRS 50.070, which prohibits employers from terminating an employee who is summoned to serve as a witness in any proceeding, provides Shoen with an adequate tort-type remedy that makes it unnecessary to allow a claim for tortious discharge.”
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