Title 53

NRS 608.190 Willful failure or refusal to pay wages due prohibited. A person shall not willfully refuse or neglect to pay the wages due and payable when demanded as provided in this chapter, nor falsely deny the amount or validity thereof or that the amount is due with intent to …

NRS 608.195 Criminal and administrative penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 608.0165, any person who violates any provision of NRS 608.005 to 608.195, inclusive, or 608.215, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. In addition to an…

NRS 608.200 Underground mines and workings; criminal and administrative penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the period of employment for all persons who are employed, occupied or engaged in work or labor of any kind or nature in underground mines or underg…

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 where he or she works, the employer and domestic service employee may agree in writing to ex…

NRS 608.250 Requirement of employer to pay; incremental annual increase; penalty. [Effective through December 31, 2027.] 1. Each employer shall pay to each employee of the employer a wage of not less than: (a) Beginning July 1, 2019: (1) If the employer offers health benefits to …

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 or constitutional provision governing the minimum wage paid to an employee, the following relationships do not constit…

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 be paid per hour to an employee in private employment pursuant to Section 16 of Article 15 of the Nevada Constitution …

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 than the minimum wage set forth in NRS 608.250 or, if applicable, the minimum wage established by regulation of t…

NRS 608.270 Duties of Labor Commissioner and district attorneys; regulations. 1. The Labor Commissioner shall: (a) Administer and enforce the provisions of NRS 608.250 and 608.670; (b) Adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the duties set forth in paragraph (a); and (c) Fur…

NRS 608.280 Proceedings against district attorney to be instituted by Attorney General. When a complaint is made to the Attorney General by the Labor Commissioner or by an aggrieved person that any district attorney has been guilty of a willful violation of NRS 608.270, the Attor…

NRS 608.290 Criminal and administrative penalties. 1. Any person who violates any provision of NRS 608.250 or 608.670 or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. In addition to any other remedy or penalty, the Labor Commissioner may impose against th…

NRS 608.300 Definitions. As used in NRS 608.300 to 608.330, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Artist” means an actor, actress, musician, dancer or athlete. 2. “Production” means a stage production, concert, trade show, exhibition, convention or sporting event.…

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 intending to do business in this State must obtain a permit from the Labor Commissioner. 2. An application…

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 from the Labor Commissioner must, before being granted the…

NRS 608.330 Criminal and administrative penalties. 1. Any person who violates any provision of NRS 608.300 to 608.330, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. In addition to any other remedy or penalty, the Labor Commissioner may impos…

NRS 608.400 Misclassification prohibited; administrative penalties; notice and opportunity for hearing. 1. An employer shall not: (a) Through means of coercion, misrepresentation or fraud, require a person to be classified as an independent contractor or form any business entity …

NRS 608.410 Liability of employer for misclassification; complaint; conduct of hearing; judicial review. 1. An employer who is found after a hearing conducted in accordance with subsection 3 to have misclassified a person as an independent contractor is liable to such person for …

NRS 608.500 Definitions. As used in NRS 608.500 to 608.690, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 608.510 to 608.600, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3655)

NRS 608.510 “Agency to provide personal care services in the home” defined. “Agency to provide personal care services in the home” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449B.015. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3655; A 2025, 991)

NRS 608.520 “Director” defined. “Director” means the Director of the Department of Human Services. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3655)

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 th…

NRS 608.540 “Home care employer” defined. “Home care employer” means: 1. An agency to provide personal care services in the home that has entered into a contract with a state agency or local government to provide personal care services under a home care program; 2. An intermediar…

NRS 608.550 “Home care employment standards board” defined. “Home care employment standards board” means a board established by the Director pursuant to NRS 608.610 or 608.660. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3655)

NRS 608.560 “Home care program” defined. 1. “Home care program” means a program established by a state agency or a local government which provides in the home personal care services, personal assistance or temporary respite services to elderly persons or persons with disabilities…

NRS 608.570 “Intermediary service organization” defined. “Intermediary service organization” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449B.500. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3655; A 2025, 991)

NRS 608.580 “Personal assistance” defined. “Personal assistance” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449B.510. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3656; A 2025, 991)

NRS 608.590 “Personal care services” defined. “Personal care services” means the services described in NRS 449B.465. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3656; A 2025, 991)

NRS 608.600 “Temporary respite services” defined. “Temporary respite services” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449B.015. (Added to NRS by 2021, 3656; A 2025, 991)

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 upon the petition of 50 or more home care employees, the Director shall establish a home care employ…

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 upon the petition of 50 or more home care employees pursu…

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 members of a home care employment standards b…

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 and recommendations. 1. A home car…

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 care employment standards board pursuant to NRS 608.640 available on an Internet websi…

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 employment standards board pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 608.640, the Director shall review the findings and each recommendatio…

NRS 608.670 Regulations. 1. If the Director approves a recommendation contained in a report submitted by a home care employment standards board pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 608.640, the Director shall adopt regulations necessary to: (a) Establish the minimum wage recommended b…

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 may be paid to a home care employee pursuant to NRS 608.670: 1. Each home care employer shall pay to each home care…

NRS 608.690 Unlawful acts; penalty. 1. It is unlawful for a home care employer in this State to discharge, discipline, discriminate against in any manner or deny employment or promotion to, or threaten to take any such action against, a home care employee because: (a) The home ca…