Nevada Revised Statutes Section 612.390 - Labor and Industrial Relations

Failure to apply for available or suitable work or to accept suitable work when offered.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 612.392, a person must be disqualified for benefits if the Administrator finds that he has failed, without good cause, either to apply for available, suitable work when so directed by the employment office or the Administrator or to accept suitable work when offered him. The disqualification continues for the week in which the failure occurred and until he earns wages from employment covered by this chapter equal to or exceeding his weekly benefit amount in each of the number of weeks thereafter determined by the Administrator according to the circumstances in each case. The Administrator shall not require more than 15 weeks.

2. In determining whether or not any work is suitable for a person, the Administrator shall consider the degree of risk involved to his health, safety and morals, his physical fitness and prior training, his experience and prior earnings, his length of unemployment and prospects for securing local work in his customary occupation.

3. Work must not be deemed suitable and benefits must not be denied under this chapter to any otherwise eligible person for refusing to accept new work under any of the following conditions:

(a) If the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout or other labor dispute.

(b) If the wages, hours or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the person than those prevailing for similar work in the locality.

(c) If as a condition of being employed the person would be required to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organization.

Last modified: February 25, 2006