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NRS 608.005 - Legislative declaration. - The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the health and...
NRS 608.007 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 608.009 - "Domestic service employee" defined. - "Domestic service employee" means an employee who performs any household...
NRS 608.010 - "Employee" defined. - "Employee" includes both male and female persons in the service...
NRS 608.011 - "Employer" defined. - "Employer" includes every person having control or custody of any...
NRS 608.0113 - "Private employment" defined. - "Private employment" means all employment other than employment under the...
NRS 608.0116 - "Professional" defined. - "Professional" means pertaining to: 1. An employee who is licensed...
NRS 608.012 - "Wages" defined. - "Wages" means: 1. The amount which an employer agrees to...
NRS 608.0123 - "Week of work" defined. - "Week of work" means 7 consecutive periods of 24 hours...
NRS 608.0126 - "Workday" defined. - "Workday" means a period of 24 consecutive hours which begins...
NRS 608.013 - Employer to post abstract of chapter. - Every employer shall conspicuously post and keep so posted on...
NRS 608.015 - Unlawful to induce employee to refrain from testifying. - It is unlawful for any person by force, intimidation, threat...
NRS 608.0155 - Persons presumed to be independent contractor. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, for the...
NRS 608.016 - Payment for each hour of work; trial or break-in period not excepted. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 608.0195 and 608.215, an...
NRS 608.0165 - Basis for payment of employee who manufactures or uses explosives; penalty. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, wages or...
NRS 608.017 - Discrimination on basis of sex prohibited; exceptions. - 1. It is unlawful for any employer to discriminate between...
NRS 608.018 - Compensation for overtime: Requirement; exceptions. - 1. An employer shall pay 1 1/2 times an employee’s...
NRS 608.019 - Periods for meals and rest. - 1. An employer shall not employ an employee for a...
NRS 608.0193 - Employer required to provide break time to express breast milk; compensation pursuant to collective bargaining agreement; reasonable alternative to alleviate undue hardship; retaliation prohibited; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 5 and...
NRS 608.0195 - Periods for sleep. - 1. If an employee specified in paragraph (a) of subsection...
NRS 608.0197 - Employer required to provide paid leave; use of paid leave; Labor Commissioner to prepare and post bulletin; maintenance and inspection of records; other rights, remedies, procedures and benefits; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every employer...
NRS 608.01972 - Employer required to provide paid leave for purpose of receiving vaccination for COVID-19; employee required to give notice; prohibited acts; calculation of overtime; applicability; Labor Commissioner to prepare bulletin; maintenance... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 6 and 10,...
NRS 608.01975 - Employer required to allow employee use of sick leave to assist member of immediate family with medical need; Labor Commissioner to prepare bulletin to be posted in workplaces; construction of section; prohibitions; applicability. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if an...
NRS 608.0198 - Employee entitled to leave related to domestic violence; uses of leave; prohibited acts; required documentation; Labor Commissioner to prepare bulletin; posting; maintenance of records; other rights, remedies and agreements unimpaired. - 1. An employee who has been employed by an employer...
NRS 608.020 - Discharge of employee: Immediate payment. - Whenever an employer discharges an employee, the wages and compensation...
NRS 608.030 - Payment of employee who resigns or quits employment. - Whenever an employee resigns or quits his or her employment,...
NRS 608.040 - Penalty for failure to pay discharged or quitting employee. - 1. If an employer fails to pay: (a) Within 3...
NRS 608.050 - Wages to be paid at termination of service: Penalty; employee’s lien. - 1. Whenever an employer of labor shall discharge or lay...
NRS 608.060 - Semimonthly payments; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all wages...
NRS 608.070 - Agreements between employers and employees for other than semimonthly payments. - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean that,...
NRS 608.080 - Paydays and time and place of payment: Posting notice of regular day, time and place; notice of change required; payment on irregular day. - 1. Every employer shall establish and maintain regular paydays as...
NRS 608.090 - Adjustment of wages for additional payments; notice by employer; payment. - 1. Every employer, having granted or agreed to an adjustment...
NRS 608.100 - Unlawful decrease in compensation by employer; unlawful requirement to rebate compensation; prerequisites to lawfully decreasing compensation. - 1. It is unlawful for any employer to: (a) Pay...
NRS 608.110 - Withholding of portion of wages. - 1. This chapter does not preclude the withholding from the...
NRS 608.115 - Records of wages. - 1. Every employer shall establish and maintain records of wages...
NRS 608.120 - Manner of payment of wages. - The payment of wages or compensation must be made in...
NRS 608.130 - Payment of wages by negotiable instrument; rights of holder in due course in event of nonpayment; penalty. - 1. A person engaged in any business or enterprise of...
NRS 608.135 - Civil action against employer for failure to pay wages; Labor Commissioner prohibited from taking jurisdiction of claim for wages during pendency of civil action. - 1. If an employer fails to pay wages, compensation or...
NRS 608.140 - Assessment of attorney’s fees in action for recovery of wages. - Whenever a mechanic, artisan, miner, laborer, servant or employee shall...
NRS 608.150 - Original contractor liable for indebtedness for labor incurred by subcontractor or contractor acting under, by or for original contractor; exceptions; civil action to recover. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3,...
NRS 608.152 - Claim to indebtedness for labor incurred by subcontractor or contractor: Written notice of claim; written request for notice of claim; substantially similar claims prohibited. - 1. Any potential claimant to indebtedness for labor under NRS...
NRS 608.154 - Lodging as part of wages or compensation; exception. - 1. A part of wages or compensation may, if mutually...
NRS 608.155 - Meals as part of wages or compensation; exception. - 1. A part of wages or compensation may, if mutually...
NRS 608.1555 - Benefits for health care: Provision in same manner as policy of insurance. - Any employer who provides benefits for health care to his...
NRS 608.156 - Benefits for health care: Expenses for treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders. - 1. If an employer provides health benefits for his or...
NRS 608.157 - Benefits for health care: Coverage for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. - 1. If an employer provides health benefits for his or...
NRS 608.1575 - Benefits for health care: Services provided by certain nurses. - 1. If an employer provides health benefits for his or...
NRS 608.1576 - Benefits for health care: Prompt enrollment and restrictions on termination of enrollment of child; withholding of employee’s wages; remedies are cumulative. - If an employer provides benefits for health care to his...
NRS 608.1577 - Notices to employees: Acceptance of, change in or termination of benefits; change of insurer; nonpayment of premium. - 1. An employer shall notify his or her employees of...
NRS 608.158 - Notice of failure to pay premiums for employee’s insurance; employer’s liability for deductions for premiums and failure to pay premiums without giving required notice; distribution of money recovered by Labor Commissioner for claims br... - 1. If an employer is the policyholder of a policy...
NRS 608.1585 - Notice to employee upon termination of employment of right to be issued insurance to replace group policy. - If an employer is the policyholder of a policy of...
NRS 608.160 - Taking or making deduction on account of tips or gratuities unlawful; employees may divide tips or gratuities among themselves. - 1. It is unlawful for any person to: (a) Take...
NRS 608.165 - Special uniforms, accessories and cleaning to be furnished without cost to employee. - All uniforms or accessories distinctive as to style, color or...
NRS 608.170 - Assignment of wages void against judgment creditors; prima facie evidence of fraud. - Every assignment of wages, salary or earnings made within the...
NRS 608.180 - Enforcement of NRS 608.005 to 608.195, inclusive, and 608.215; prosecution. - The Labor Commissioner or the representative of the Labor Commissioner...
NRS 608.190 - Willful failure or refusal to pay wages due prohibited. - A person shall not willfully refuse or neglect to pay...
NRS 608.195 - Criminal and administrative penalties. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 608.0165, any person...
NRS 608.200 - Underground mines and workings; criminal and administrative penalties. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the period...
NRS 608.215 - Domestic service employees; agreements to exclude certain periods from wages; calls to duty; maintenance of records. - 1. If a domestic service employee resides in the household...
NRS 608.250 - Requirement of employer to pay; incremental annual increase; penalty. - 1. Each employer shall pay to each employee of the...
NRS 608.255 - Relationships which do not constitute employment relationships for purposes of minimum wage. - For the purposes of this chapter and any other statutory...
NRS 608.258 - Provision of health benefits by employer for purposes of determining amount of minimum wage. - For the purpose of determining the minimum wage that may...
NRS 608.260 - Action by employee against employer; limitation of action; remedies and award to prevailing employee. - 1. If any employer pays any employee a lesser amount...
NRS 608.270 - Duties of Labor Commissioner and district attorneys; regulations. - 1. The Labor Commissioner shall: (a) Administer and enforce the...
NRS 608.280 - Proceedings against district attorney to be instituted by Attorney General. - When a complaint is made to the Attorney General by...
NRS 608.290 - Criminal and administrative penalties. - 1. Any person who violates any provision of NRS 608.250...
NRS 608.300 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 608.300 to 608.330, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 608.310 - Producer-promoter-employer required to obtain permit; application; fee; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a producer-promoter-employer...
NRS 608.320 - Producer-promoter-employer required to post bond to secure payment of wages in certain circumstances; amount of bond; conditions of bond. - A producer-promoter-employer required by NRS 608.310 to obtain a permit...
NRS 608.330 - Criminal and administrative penalties. - 1. Any person who violates any provision of NRS 608.300...
NRS 608.400 - Misclassification prohibited; administrative penalties; notice and opportunity for hearing. - 1. An employer shall not: (a) Through means of coercion,...
NRS 608.410 - Liability of employer for misclassification; complaint; conduct of hearing; judicial review. - 1. An employer who is found after a hearing conducted...
NRS 608.500 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 608.500 to 608.690, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 608.510 - "Agency to provide personal care services in the home" defined. - "Agency to provide personal care services in the home" has...
NRS 608.520 - "Director" defined. - "Director" means the Director of the Department of Health and...
NRS 608.530 - "Home care employee" defined. - 1. "Home care employee" means a person who provides: (a)...
NRS 608.540 - "Home care employer" defined. - "Home care employer" means: 1. An agency to provide personal...
NRS 608.550 - "Home care employment standards board" defined. - "Home care employment standards board" means a board established by...
NRS 608.560 - "Home care program" defined. - 1. "Home care program" means a program established by a...
NRS 608.570 - "Intermediary service organization" defined. - "Intermediary service organization" has the meaning ascribed to it in...
NRS 608.580 - "Personal assistance" defined. - "Personal assistance" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 608.590 - "Personal care services" defined. - "Personal care services" means the services described in NRS 449.1935....
NRS 608.600 - "Temporary respite services" defined. - "Temporary respite services" has the meaning ascribed to it in...
NRS 608.610 - Home care employment standards board: Establishment; appointment; service without compensation; quorum; meetings. - 1. If the Director determines that it is necessary or...
NRS 608.620 - Duty of Director to meet with representatives of petitioners to discuss matters relating to wages, working conditions and compliance with laws. - If the Director establishes a home care employment standards board...
NRS 608.630 - Home care employment standards board: Director to fix date for first meeting; Director and Labor Commissioner to conduct preliminary investigation and present results. - 1. As soon as practicable after the appointment of the...
NRS 608.640 - Home care employment standards board: Duties relating to investigations; power to administer oaths, take testimony and issue subpoenas; power to request information and testimony from state agencies; duty to submit report of findings an... - 1. A home care employment standards board shall: (a) Conduct...
NRS 608.650 - Director to make report of findings and recommendations by home care employment standards board available on Internet website. - The Director shall make any report submitted by a home...
NRS 608.660 - Director to review findings and recommendations of home care employment standards board. - Upon receipt of a report submitted by a home care...
NRS 608.670 - Regulations. - 1. If the Director approves a recommendation contained in a...
NRS 608.680 - Unlawful to pay wage less than minimum established by regulation of the Director. - If the Director adopts regulations establishing the minimum wage which...
NRS 608.690 - Unlawful acts; penalty. - 1. It is unlawful for a home care employer in...