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Mono County board debates making out-of-state remote-work moratorium permanent; staff directed to return with implementation plan
Summary
The board reviewed options for its moratorium on full-time out-of-state remote work (keep moratorium, allow existing employees to continue until separation, Nevada-only exception, or allow nationwide remote work). Staff reported payroll, tax and compliance complexity across states; supervisors generally favored a permanent moratorium with limited exceptions and asked staff to draft a resolution with transition timelines and bargaining-unit consultation.
Assistant CAO Christine Bouchard summarized staff options for the 2023 moratorium on out-of-state remote work: make the moratorium permanent and require existing out-of-state employees to return; make it permanent but allow existing remote employees to continue until separation; permit out-of-state work only in Nevada; or allow out-of-state work across the country under new compliance systems. Bouchard noted legal, payroll and tax complications for counties with employees working in multiple states.
Board members pressed for…
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