Nevada Rules to be Observed by Employers Poster Required

RULES	

 TO BE OBSERVED BY EMPLOYERS  	
EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL POST AND KEEP POSTED IN A VISIBLE AND OPEN AREA FOR EMPLOYEES ON THE EMPLOYER’S 
PREMISES/PROPERTY  THESE RULES TO BE OBSERVED BY NEVADA EMPLOYERS SUMMARIZING NEVADA WAGE AND HOUR LAWS 
PURSU ANT TO NEVADA REVISED STATUTES (NRS) AND NEVADA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE (NAC) SECTIONS 607 AND 608   	
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LEASE NOTE: Every person, firm, association or corporation, or any agent, servant, employee or officer of any such firm, association or corporation,  
who viola tes any of these NRS and NAC provisions may be guilty  of a misdemeanor and subject to penalties.  	
“The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the health and welfare of workers and the employment of 
persons in private enterprise in this State are of con cern to the State and that the health and welfare of persons 
required to earn their livings by their own endeavors require certain safeguards as to hours of service, working 
conditions and compensation therefor.”  1
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Discharg	e of emp	loyee: Whenever an emp	loyer discharges an	 employee, the 	wages and compensation 	earned 	and	 un	paid at the time of such d	ischarge shall  
become due and payable immediately	.
2	
. Quittin	g employee: Whenever an employee resig	ns or qu	its 	his emplo	yment, the 	wages and	 co	mpensation earn	ed and unpaid at the time of his resignation or 
qu	itting mu	st be paid no later than the day on which he wo	uld have regularly been paid or 7 days after he resig	ns or quits, whichev	er is 	earlier.
3	
. An emp	loyer shall not 	employ an employee 	for a continuous period o	f 8 hours 	without permitting the employee to have an 	uninterrupted meal period of at  
least one-h alf h	our.
4	
. Every employer shall authorize and	 permit covered	 employees to tak	e rest 	periods 	in the middle of each work p	erio	d o	r as close to 	the middle of the work  
perio	d as possib	le.  The duration of the rest periods shall be based on the total hours worked daily at the rate o	f 10 minutes for each 4	 hours or major fraction  
thereof. Authorized rest periods sh	all b	e counted as 	hours worked, for which there shall be 	no deduction	 from wages.
5	
. Effective July 1, 2020, each 	employer shall pay a wage 	to each employee of no	t less 	than $8.00 per hour worked if the employer offers qualified health  
b	enefits, or $9.00 per hour 	if the emplo	yer does not offer q	ualified health benefits. Offering health benefits 	means making qualified 	health	 benefits available 
to the employee fo	r the employee an	d the employ	ee’s dep	endents at a total cost to the employee for premiums of not more than 10 percent of the employee’s  
gross tax	able income from the employer.	 Tips or gratuities received by emp	loyees sh	all not be 	credited as being	 any part of 	or o	ffset against the minimum  
wage rates or 	the 10 percent premium for qualified h	ealth benefits.
6	
. An employer shall pay 1 1/2 times an	 employee’s regu	lar wage rate wh	enever an	 employee 	whose wage rate is less than 1 1/2 times the 	minimum wage: 	(a) Works more than 40 hours in any scheduled week of work; or (b) Works more than 8 hours in any workday unless by mutual agreement the employee
works a scheduled 10 hours per day for 4 calendar days within any scheduled week of work.
An employer shall pay 1 1/2 times an employee’s regular wage rate whenever an employee whose wage rate is 1 1/2 times or more  than the minimum wage 
works  more than 40 hours in any scheduled week of work.   
The above provisions do not apply to: (a) Employees who are not covered by the minimum wage provisions of the Constitution (b) Outside buyers; (c) 
Employees in a retail or service business if their regular rate is more than 1 ½ times the minimum wage, and more than half their compensation for a 
representative period comes from commissions on goods or services, with the representative period being, to the extent allowed pursuant to federal law, not 
less than one month; (d) Employees who are employed in bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacities; (e) Employees covered by collective 
bargaining agreements which provide otherwise for overtime; (f) Drivers, drivers’ helpers, loaders and mechanics for motor carriers subject to the Motor 
Carrier Act of 1935, as amended; (g) Employees of a railroad; (h) Employees of a carrier by air; (i) Drivers or drivers’ helpers making local deliveries and 
paid on a trip- rate basis or other delivery payment plan; (j) Drivers of taxicabs or limousines; (k) Agricultural employees; (l) Employees of business 
enterprises having a gross sales volume of less than $250,000 per year; (m) Any salesman or mechanic primarily engaged in selling or servicing automobiles, 
trucks or farm equipment; and (n) A mechanic or workman for any hours to which the provisions of subsection 3 or 4 of NRS 338.020  
apply.  (O) A domestic 
worker  who resides in the household where he or she works if the domestic worker and his or her employer agree in writing to exempt the domestic worker 
from the requirements of subsections 1 and 2. 4. As used in this section, “domestic worker” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 6 of this act.  
7. If mutually agreed upon by an employee and employer  in writing to exclude from the employee’s wages a regularly scheduled sleeping period not to
exceed 8 hours if adequate sleeping facilities are furnished  pursuant to NRS section 608.0195.
8.   Every employer shall establish and maintain records of wages for the benefit of his employees, showing for each pay period the following information for
each employee: (a) Gross wage or salary; (b) Deductions  agreed to in writing by the employer and employee for a specific purpose, pay period, and amount ; (c)
Net cash wage or salary; (d) Total hours employed in the pay period by noting the number of hours per day; (e) Date of payment.
9. Wages must be paid semimonthly or more  often.
10. Every employer shall establish and maintain regular paydays and shall post a notice setting forth those regular paydays in 2 conspicuous places .  After an
employer establishes regular paydays and the place of payment, the employer shall not change a regular payday or the place of payment unless, not fewer than
7 days before the change is made, the employer provides the employees affected by the change with written notice in a manner that is calculated to provide
actual notice of the change to  each such employee.
11.  It is unlawful for any person to take all or part of any tips or gratuities bestowed upon his employees. Nothing contained in  this section shall be construed to
prevent such employees from entering into an agreement to divide such tips or gratuities among themselves. 
12. An employer may not require an employee to rebate, refund or return any part of his or her wage, salary or compensation.  Also, an employer may not
withhold or deduct any portion of such wages unless it is  for the benefit of, and authorized by written order of the employee. Further, it is unlawful for any
employer who has the legal authority to decrease the wage, salary or compensation of an employee to implement such a decrease  unless:
(a) Not less tha n 7 days before the employee performs any work at the decreased wage, salary or compensation, the employer provides the employee with
written notice of the decrease; or  
(b) The employer complies with the requirements relating to the decrease that are i mposed on the employer pursuant to the provisions of any collective
bargaining agreement or any contract between the employer and the employee.  
13.  All uniforms or accessories distinctive as to style, color or material shall be furnished, without cost, to  employees by their employer. If a uniform or accessory 
requires a special cleaning process, and cannot be easily laundered by an employee, such employee's employer shall clean such  uniform or accessory without cost
to such employee.
14.  An employer:  (a) Shall not require an employee to be physically present at his or her place of work in order to notify his or her employer that he or she is sick 
or has sustained an injury that is n ot work-related and cannot work; (b)  May require an employee to notify the employer that he or she is sick or injured and cannot
report for work.
15.  An  employer in private employment with not less than 50 employees shall provide paid leave to each employee of the employer pursuant to the provisions of
Senate Bill 312 passed during the 2019 Legislative Session as follows:  A.  An employee is entitled to at least 0.01923 hours of paid leave for each hour of work
performed.  B.  Paid leave accrued may carry over for each employee between his or her benefit years of employment, except an employer may limit the amount of
paid leave for each employee carried over to a maximum of 40 hours per benefit year.  C.  An employer shall:  (1)  Compensate an employee for the paid leave
available for use by that employee at the rate of pay at which the employee is compensated at the time such leave is taken; and (2 )  Pay such compensation on the
same payday as the hours taken are normally paid.  (See Senate Bill 312 for full requirements and exceptions)	
For additional information  please contact the Nevada State Labor Commissioner: Carson City 775- 684-1890  or Las Vegas 702 -486 -2650  
TOLL FREE: 1 -800- 992-0900 Ext. 4850  - 	
www.labor.nv.gov *Summa	ry of NRS and NAC Provisions and should not be considered legal advice - 
REVISED 6-30-20