NRS616B.691. Responsibilities of employee leasing company; limitations; joint and several liability of client company.

      1.  An employee leasing company which complies with the provisions of NRS 616B.670 to 616B.697, inclusive, shall be deemed to be the employer of the employees it leases to a client company. The provisions of this subsection apply only for the purposes of chapters 612 and 616A to 617, inclusive, of NRS.

      2.  An employee leasing company shall be deemed to be an employer of its leased employees for the purposes of offering, sponsoring and maintaining any benefit plans. The provisions of this subsection do not affect the employer-employee relationship that exists between a leased employee and a client company.

      3.  An employee leasing company shall not offer, sponsor or maintain for its leased employees any self-funded insurance program. An employee leasing company shall not act as a self-insured employer or be a member of an association of self-insured public or private employers pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS or title 57 of NRS.

      4.  If an employee leasing company fails to:

      (a) Pay any contributions, premiums, forfeits or interest due; or

      (b) Submit any reports or other information required,

Ê pursuant to this chapter or chapter 612, 616A, 616C, 616D or 617 of NRS, the client company is jointly and severally liable for the contributions, premiums, forfeits or interest attributable to the wages of the employees leased to it by the employee leasing company.

      (Added to NRS by 1993, 2420; A 1995, 2014, 2135; 1997, 579; 2003, 20th Special Session, 218; 2007, 3340; 2009, 1129; 2011, 3421)