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Nevada Supreme Court Unanimously Requires Prevailing-Wage Disputes to Be Resolved by the Nevada Labor Commissioner On February 26, 2026, the Nevada Supreme Court issued a long-awaited en banc decision confirming that Nevada’s Prevailing Wage Statutes (NRS Chapter 338) do not allow employees to recov

Nevada’s Senate Bill (SB) 260 , which took effect January 1, 2026, mandates comprehensive requirements for employers to protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke hazards. With the new law, Nevada joins states such as California , Oregon , and Washington State in implementing measures to protect wo

Some Place or Another: Nevada Supreme Court Expands Reach of Nevada’s Luring Statute Enacted in 1967, Nevada’s “employment-luring” statute prohibits employers from inducing, influencing, persuading, or engaging prospective employees to “change from one place or another in this state” or to “bring wo

Started With a Bang, Ended with a Whimper: Nevada’s Newly Enacted Employment Laws from the 2025 Legislative Session While the 2025 Nevada legislative session opened with several ambitious bills aimed at employment practices, only a handful of relatively tame measures made it across the finish line.

Nevada has begun implementing the Nevada Employee Savings Trust (NEST) Program, which permits private-sector employees to make automatic payroll deductions into Roth individual retirement accounts (IRAs). Employers that don’t offer retirement benefits must register with the NEST Program by September

Nevada OSHA to Begin Enforcing Heat Illness Prevention Regulation on April 29, 2025 The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations (DIR), the principal regulatory agency responsible for workplace safety in Nevada, will begin enforcement of a recently adopted heat illness prevention regulation on April

On February 3, 2025, the Nevada state legislature kicked off its latest legislative session, and state lawmakers are poised to consider several bills that could impact employers and employees, from last day pay provisions to paid leave and work restrictions for minors. Here is a recap from the first

Even as temperatures cool, Nevada’s Division of Industrial Relations (DIR) was working to adopt a heat illness regulation. On November 15, 2024, the State

The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations (DIR), the principal regulatory agency responsible for workplace safety and worker protections in the state of Nevada, recently adopted a heat illness prevention regulation to protect workers in indoor and outdoor places of employment from heat hazards. Th

July 1, 2024, marks the end of Nevada’s two-tiered, annually increased, minimum wage. Effective July 1, 2024, the Nevada minimum wage will increase to $12.00 per hour, regardless of the whether the employer offers employees qualifying health benefits. The July 1, 2024, wage increase is the culminati

Nevada’s minimum wage is set to increase to $12 per hour on July 1, 2024, with what is the final incremental increase under legislation passed in 2019. With this final increase, thanks to a November 2022 ballot measure, Nevada’s two-tiered minimum wage structure will also retire.

The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Nevada OSHA) seeks to implement a new regulation aimed at preventing heat-related illnesses and ensuring the well-being of workers in the state. While this regulation did not pass during the 2023 legislative session, it may still be brought d

On June 15, 2023, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo signed SB 290, which requires early wage access (EWA) providers to obtain a license from the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. This is the first EWA law enacted by any state. Early Wage Access Generally

The requirement for covered public accommodations facilities in Nevada’s Clark and Washoe Counties to provide paid time off for employees experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or who have been exposed to COVID-19 expired May 17, 2023. The requirement ended when Governor Joe Lombardo signed Senate Bill No.

The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced an increase in penalties for workplace safety violations, as well as a renewed focus on specific industries for inspections. The new measures are aimed at improving workplace safety and reducing accidents in the state.

Resolving prior uncertainty as to whether Nevada law provides workplace protections to employees who use medical cannabis away from work, the Nevada Supreme Court has decided that NRS 678C.850(3), a statute in the NRS Chapter on the Medical Use of Cannabis, provides employees with a private right of

Nevada voters passed a $12.00 per hour minimum wage to take effect July 1, 2024. The ballot initiative will eliminate Nevada’s unique two-tier minimum wage system that had differentiating wages for whether the employer offered health insurance or not.

Ending years of discussion about the scope of state law employment protections for individuals who use marijuana recreationally, the Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss a complaint by an employee who was fired for testing positive for marijuana on a post-accident drug

In a victory for employers in wage and hour class actions, on August 11, 2022, the Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of HG Staffing, LLC and MEI-GSR Holdings, LLC, d/b/a Grand Sierra Resort. In Martel v.

In a decision issued on August 11, 2022, the Nevada Supreme Court declined to recognize recreational marijuana use as a “lawful” activity for purposes of the state’s law providing employment protections for “lawful activities” or “lawful off-duty conduct” outside of work.