Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 608 - Compensation, Wages and Hours
NRS 608.530 - "Home care employee" defined.


1. "Home care employee" means a person who provides:
(a) Personal care services through a home care program as an employee of a home care employer that is an agency to provide personal care services in the home;
(b) Personal assistance through a home care program as a personal assistant for whom a home care employer that is an intermediary service organization is the employer of record; or
(c) Temporary respite services through a home care program as an employee of a home care employer that has entered into a contract with the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services to provide such services.
2. As used in this section, "personal assistant" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.4308.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3655)

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Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 608 - Compensation, Wages and Hours

NRS 608.005 - Legislative declaration.

NRS 608.007 - Definitions.

NRS 608.009 - "Domestic service employee" defined.

NRS 608.010 - "Employee" defined.

NRS 608.011 - "Employer" defined.

NRS 608.0113 - "Private employment" defined.

NRS 608.0116 - "Professional" defined.

NRS 608.012 - "Wages" defined.

NRS 608.0123 - "Week of work" defined.

NRS 608.0126 - "Workday" defined.

NRS 608.013 - Employer to post abstract of chapter.

NRS 608.015 - Unlawful to induce employee to refrain from testifying.

NRS 608.0155 - Persons presumed to be independent contractor.

NRS 608.016 - Payment for each hour of work; trial or break-in period not excepted.

NRS 608.0165 - Basis for payment of employee who manufactures or uses explosives; penalty.

NRS 608.017 - Discrimination on basis of sex prohibited; exceptions.

NRS 608.018 - Compensation for overtime: Requirement; exceptions.

NRS 608.019 - Periods for meals and rest.

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.

NRS 608.0195 - Periods for sleep.

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.

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...

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.

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.

NRS 608.020 - Discharge of employee: Immediate payment.

NRS 608.030 - Payment of employee who resigns or quits employment.

NRS 608.040 - Penalty for failure to pay discharged or quitting employee.

NRS 608.050 - Wages to be paid at termination of service: Penalty; employee’s lien.

NRS 608.060 - Semimonthly payments; exceptions.

NRS 608.070 - Agreements between employers and employees for other than semimonthly payments.

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.

NRS 608.090 - Adjustment of wages for additional payments; notice by employer; payment.

NRS 608.100 - Unlawful decrease in compensation by employer; unlawful requirement to rebate compensation; prerequisites to lawfully decreasing compensation.

NRS 608.110 - Withholding of portion of wages.

NRS 608.115 - Records of wages.

NRS 608.120 - Manner of payment of wages.

NRS 608.130 - Payment of wages by negotiable instrument; rights of holder in due course in event of nonpayment; penalty.

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.

NRS 608.140 - Assessment of attorney’s fees in action for recovery of wages.

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.

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.

NRS 608.154 - Lodging as part of wages or compensation; exception.

NRS 608.155 - Meals as part of wages or compensation; exception.

NRS 608.1555 - Benefits for health care: Provision in same manner as policy of insurance.

NRS 608.156 - Benefits for health care: Expenses for treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders.

NRS 608.157 - Benefits for health care: Coverage for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.

NRS 608.1575 - Benefits for health care: Services provided by certain nurses.

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.

NRS 608.1577 - Notices to employees: Acceptance of, change in or termination of benefits; change of insurer; nonpayment of premium.

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...

NRS 608.1585 - Notice to employee upon termination of employment of right to be issued insurance to replace group policy.

NRS 608.160 - Taking or making deduction on account of tips or gratuities unlawful; employees may divide tips or gratuities among themselves.

NRS 608.165 - Special uniforms, accessories and cleaning to be furnished without cost to employee.

NRS 608.170 - Assignment of wages void against judgment creditors; prima facie evidence of fraud.

NRS 608.180 - Enforcement of NRS 608.005 to 608.195, inclusive, and 608.215; prosecution.

NRS 608.190 - Willful failure or refusal to pay wages due prohibited.

NRS 608.195 - Criminal and administrative penalties.

NRS 608.200 - Underground mines and workings; criminal and administrative penalties.

NRS 608.215 - Domestic service employees; agreements to exclude certain periods from wages; calls to duty; maintenance of records.

NRS 608.250 - Requirement of employer to pay; incremental annual increase; penalty.

NRS 608.255 - Relationships which do not constitute employment relationships for purposes of minimum wage.

NRS 608.258 - Provision of health benefits by employer for purposes of determining amount of minimum wage.

NRS 608.260 - Action by employee against employer; limitation of action; remedies and award to prevailing employee.

NRS 608.270 - Duties of Labor Commissioner and district attorneys; regulations.

NRS 608.280 - Proceedings against district attorney to be instituted by Attorney General.

NRS 608.290 - Criminal and administrative penalties.

NRS 608.300 - Definitions.

NRS 608.310 - Producer-promoter-employer required to obtain permit; application; fee; exceptions.

NRS 608.320 - Producer-promoter-employer required to post bond to secure payment of wages in certain circumstances; amount of bond; conditions of bond.

NRS 608.330 - Criminal and administrative penalties.

NRS 608.400 - Misclassification prohibited; administrative penalties; notice and opportunity for hearing.

NRS 608.410 - Liability of employer for misclassification; complaint; conduct of hearing; judicial review.

NRS 608.500 - Definitions.

NRS 608.510 - "Agency to provide personal care services in the home" defined.

NRS 608.520 - "Director" defined.

NRS 608.530 - "Home care employee" defined.

NRS 608.540 - "Home care employer" defined.

NRS 608.550 - "Home care employment standards board" defined.

NRS 608.560 - "Home care program" defined.

NRS 608.570 - "Intermediary service organization" defined.

NRS 608.580 - "Personal assistance" defined.

NRS 608.590 - "Personal care services" defined.

NRS 608.600 - "Temporary respite services" defined.

NRS 608.610 - Home care employment standards board: Establishment; appointment; service without compensation; quorum; meetings.

NRS 608.620 - Duty of Director to meet with representatives of petitioners to discuss matters relating to wages, working conditions and compliance with laws.

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.

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...

NRS 608.650 - Director to make report of findings and recommendations by home care employment standards board available on Internet website.

NRS 608.660 - Director to review findings and recommendations of home care employment standards board.

NRS 608.670 - Regulations.

NRS 608.680 - Unlawful to pay wage less than minimum established by regulation of the Director.

NRS 608.690 - Unlawful acts; penalty.