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 a lower wage, salary or compensation to an employee than the amount agreed upon through a collective bargaining agreement, if any; (b) Pay a lower wage, salary or compensation to an employee than the amount that the employer is required to pay to the employee […]
NRS 608.110 – Withholding of portion of wages.
1. This chapter does not preclude the withholding from the wages or compensation of any employee of any dues, rates or assessments becoming due to any hospital association or to any relief, savings or other department or association maintained by the employer or employees for the benefit of the employees, or other deductions authorized by […]
NRS 608.115 – Records of wages.
1. Every employer shall establish and maintain records of wages for the benefit of his or her employees, showing for each pay period the following information for each employee: (a) Gross wage or salary other than compensation in the form of: (1) Services; or (2) Food, housing or clothing. (b) Deductions. (c) Net cash wage […]
NRS 608.120 – Manner of payment of wages.
The payment of wages or compensation must be made in lawful money of the United States or by a good and valuable negotiable check or draft drawn only to the order of the employee unless: 1. The employee has agreed in writing to some other disposition of his or her wages; or 2. The employer […]
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 any kind in this State shall not issue, in payment of, or as evidence of, any indebtedness for wages due an employee, any order, check, memorandum or other acknowledgment of indebtedness unless it is a negotiable instrument payable without discount, in cash on demand, at […]
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 salary to an employee in accordance with the requirements set forth in NRS 608.020 to 608.050, inclusive, the employee may, at any time within 2 years after the employer’s failure, bring a civil action against the employer. 2. The Labor Commissioner shall not take jurisdiction […]
NRS 608.140 – Assessment of attorney’s fees in action for recovery of wages.
Whenever a mechanic, artisan, miner, laborer, servant or employee shall have cause to bring suit for wages earned and due according to the terms of his or her employment, and shall establish by decision of the court or verdict of the jury that the amount for which he or she has brought suit is justly […]
NRS 608.070 – Agreements between employers and employees for other than semimonthly payments.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean that, on any special occasion where it appears to be satisfactory and beneficial to both employer and employee, they shall not have the right to agree, either verbally or in writing, as to where and at what time, other than every 15 days, wages shall be […]
NRS 608.0195 – Periods for sleep.
1. If an employee specified in paragraph (a) of subsection 3 is required to be on duty for 24 hours or more, the employer and employee may agree 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: (a) By the […]
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 in private employment shall provide paid leave to each employee of the employer as follows: (a) An employee is entitled to at least 0.01923 hours of paid leave for each hour of work performed. (b) An employee may, as determined by the employer, obtain paid […]