Section 288.255 - Settlement conference1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Board may order the parties to participate in a settlement conference upon the motion of any party or its own motion.2. The Commissioner shall conduct any settlement conference ordered by the Board pursuant to subsection 1.3. The Board will not order a settlement conference for any matter for which a preliminary investigation of a complaint has been completed pursuant to subsection 2 of section 27 of Senate Bill No. 135, chapter 590, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page 3733 (NRS 288.625), or any matter that is:(a) An appeal of the determination of a bargaining unit brought pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 288.170;(b) A proceeding relating to an application for the recognition of an employee organization filed pursuant to NRS 288.160; or(c) A proceeding commenced upon a petition for a declaratory order filed pursuant to NAC 288.380.4. A party or the Board may file a motion for a settlement conference at any time:(a) After all parties have submitted prehearing statements pursuant to NAC 288.250; and(b) Not later than 60 days before the date of a scheduled hearing.5. The Commissioner may establish reasonable guidelines to conduct a particular settlement conference, except that the Commissioner may not: (a) Require the parties to submit additional statements or briefs in advance of a settlement conference; or(b) Establish guidelines that will impose any undue expense on a party.6. The Commissioner may not be called as a witness in any proceeding in which a settlement conference has taken place.Nev. Admin. Code § 288.255
Added to NAC by Local Gov't Employee-Mgt. Rel. Bd. by R043-13, eff. 10-24-2014; A by R056-19A, eff. 12/18/2019