Title 53

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…

NRS 609.015 Labor Commissioner required to prepare and post abstract of chapter; furnishing of abstract to employers. The Labor Commissioner shall: 1. Prepare an abstract of this chapter; 2. Post the abstract on the Internet website maintained by the Office of Labor Commissioner;…

NRS 609.185 “Motion picture” defined. For the purposes of this chapter, “motion picture” includes a film to be shown in a theater or on television, a film to be placed on a videodisc or videotape, an industrial, training or educational film and a commercial for television. (Added…

NRS 609.190 Employing or permitting child under 16 years of age to work in certain occupations prohibited. 1. No child under the age of 16 years shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work in any capacity in, about or in connection with: (a) The preparation of any compositio…

NRS 609.200 Determination by Labor Commissioner that certain employment dangerous or injurious to children under 16 years of age. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 609.221, the Labor Commissioner may determine whether or not any particular trade, process of manufacture or occup…

NRS 609.210 Employing or exhibiting minor in certain injurious, immoral or dangerous activities: Criminal penalty. Every person who employs, or causes to be employed, exhibits or has in his or her custody for exhibition or employment, any minor, and every parent, relative, guardi…

NRS 609.221 Prohibition by Labor Commissioner of employment of children under age of 16 years in certain sales activities. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Labor Commissioner shall adopt regulations prohibiting the employment of a child under the age of 16 yea…

NRS 609.230 Employing or permitting minor to work as messenger: Limitations. In incorporated cities and towns, no person under the age of 18 years shall be employed or permitted to work as a messenger for a telegraph or messenger company in the distribution, transmission or deliv…

NRS 609.240 Maximum hours of employment of child under 16 years of age; limitation on employment of child during certain times. 1. No child under the age of 16 years may be employed, permitted or suffered to work at any gainful occupation, other than employment as a performer in …

NRS 609.245 Employment of child under 14 years of age unlawful without written permission of district judge or designee. Every person who employs and every parent, guardian or other person having the care, custody or control of such child, who permits to be employed, by another, …

NRS 609.250 Employment of child under 14 years of age unlawful when school in session; exceptions. Except for employment as a performer in a motion picture, it is unlawful for any person to employ any child under 14 years of age in any business or service during the hours in whic…

NRS 609.260 Superintendent of public instruction and attendance officer may demand proof of age of employed minor. 1. The superintendent of public instruction or other authorized inspector or school attendance officer shall make demand on an employer in or about whose place or es…

NRS 609.400 Definitions. As used in NRS 609.400 to 609.570, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 609.410 to 609.470, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1587)

NRS 609.410 “Contract” defined. 1. “Contract” means a proposed contract pursuant to which: (a) A minor agrees to render artistic or creative services, directly or through a third party. (b) A minor agrees to render services as a participant, competitor or player in a sport. (c) A…

NRS 609.420 “Court” defined. “Court” means: 1. In a judicial district that has established a business court by court rule, the business court. 2. In a judicial district that has not established a business court by court rule, the district court. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1588)

NRS 609.430 “Interested party” defined. “Interested party” includes: 1. A person who is a party to a contract; and 2. The parent, custodian or guardian of a minor who is a party to a contract, if the parent, custodian or guardian is authorized to act on behalf of the minor. (Adde…

NRS 609.440 “Minor” defined. “Minor” means a person who: 1. Is less than 18 years of age; 2. Has not been declared emancipated pursuant to NRS 129.080 to 129.140, inclusive; and 3. Resides in this state, or will be rendering services in this state pursuant to a contract. (Added t…

NRS 609.450 “Net earnings” defined. “Net earnings” means the gross earnings received for services rendered by a minor during the term of a contract, less: 1. All sums required by law to be paid as taxes to any federal, state or local government with respect to or by reason of suc…

NRS 609.460 “Petition” defined. “Petition” means a petition for approval of a contract filed pursuant to NRS 609.500. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1588)