NRS 608.018
Compensation for overtime: Requirement

  • exceptions.

1.

An employer shall pay 1 1/2 times an employee’s regular wage rate whenever an employee who receives compensation for employment at a rate less than 1 1/2 times the minimum rate set forth in NRS 608.250 works:

(a)

More than 40 hours in any scheduled week of work; or

(b)

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.

2.

An employer shall pay 1 1/2 times an employee’s regular wage rate whenever an employee who receives compensation for employment at a rate not less than 1 1/2 times the minimum rate set forth in NRS 608.250 works more than 40 hours in any scheduled week of work.

3.

The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 do not apply to:

(a)

Employees who are not covered by the minimum wage provisions of Section 16 of Article 15 of the Nevada Constitution;

(b)

Outside buyers;

(c)

Employees in a retail or service business if their regular rate is more than 1 1/2 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 1 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 salesperson or mechanic primarily engaged in selling or servicing automobiles, trucks or farm equipment;

(n)

A mechanic or worker 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; and

(p)

A domestic service employee who resides in the household where he or she works if the domestic service employee and his or her employer agree in writing to exempt the domestic service employee from the requirements of subsections 1 and 2.

4.

As used in this section, “domestic worker” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 613.620.

Source: Section 608.018 — Compensation for overtime: Requirement; exceptions., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-608.­html#NRS608Sec018.

608.016
Payment for each hour of work
608.017
Discrimination on basis of sex prohibited
608.018
Compensation for overtime: Requirement
608.019
Periods for meals and rest.
608.020
Discharge of employee: Immediate payment.
608.030
Payment of employee who resigns or quits employment.
608.040
Penalty for failure to pay discharged or quitting employee.
608.050
Wages to be paid at termination of service: Penalty
608.060
Semimonthly payments
608.070
Agreements between employers and employees for other than semimonthly payments.
608.080
Paydays and time and place of payment: Posting notice of regular day, time and place
608.090
Adjustment of wages for additional payments
608.100
Unlawful decrease in compensation by employer
608.110
Withholding of portion of wages.
608.115
Records of wages.
608.120
Manner of payment of wages.
608.130
Payment of wages by negotiable instrument
608.140
Assessment of attorney’s fees in action for recovery of wages.
608.150
Original contractor liable for indebtedness for labor incurred by subcontractor or contractor acting under, by or for original contractor
608.152
Claim to indebtedness for labor incurred by subcontractor or contractor: Written notice of claim
608.154
Lodging as part of wages or compensation
608.155
Meals as part of wages or compensation
608.156
Benefits for health care: Expenses for treatment of alcohol and substance use disorders.
608.157
Benefits for health care: Coverage for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.
608.158
Notice of failure to pay premiums for employee’s insurance
608.160
Taking or making deduction on account of tips or gratuities unlawful
608.165
Special uniforms, accessories and cleaning to be furnished without cost to employee.
608.0165
Basis for payment of employee who manufactures or uses explosives
608.170
Assignment of wages void against judgment creditors
608.190
Willful failure or refusal to pay wages due prohibited.
608.0193
Employer required to provide break time to express breast milk
608.195
Criminal and administrative penalties.
608.0195
Periods for sleep.
608.0197
Employer required to provide paid leave
608.0198
Employee entitled to leave related to domestic violence
608.1555
Benefits for health care: Provision in same manner as policy of insurance.
608.1575
Benefits for health care: Services provided by certain nurses.
608.1576
Benefits for health care: Prompt enrollment and restrictions on termination of enrollment of child
608.1577
Notices to employees: Acceptance of, change in or termination of benefits
608.1585
Notice to employee upon termination of employment of right to be issued insurance to replace group policy.
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

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