State ex rel. Department of Transportation v. Public Employees' Retirement System

*20OPINION

By the Court,

Shearing, C. J.:

This is an appeal from a district court order granting a petition for a writ of mandamus, directing the Nevada Department of *21Transportation (NDOT) to pay the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada (PERS) $345,284.62 for back employee and employer contributions plus interest on behalf of five archeologists whom NDOT treated as independent contractors instead of employees. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

During the period from March 1982 to September 1991, NDOT contracted with five archeologists for services. NDOT treated the archeologists…