NRS 608.060
Semimonthly payments

  • exceptions.

1.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all wages or compensation of employees in private employment is due semimonthly. All such wages or compensation earned and unpaid before the first day of any month is due not later than 8 a.m. on the 15th day of the month following that in which the wages or compensation was earned. All wages or compensation earned and unpaid before the 16th day of any month is due not later than 8 a.m. on the last day of the same month.

2.

Nothing contained in this section prohibits the contracting for the payment of or the payment of wages at more frequent periods than semimonthly.

3.

An employer in this State whose principal place of business is located, and whose payroll is prepared, outside of this State may designate one or more days in each month as fixed paydays for the payment of wages to an employee employed in:

(a)

A bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacity, as defined in 29 C.F.R. §§ 541.1, 541.2 and 541.3;

(b)

The capacity of outside salesperson, as defined in 29 C.F.R. § 541.5; or

(c)

The capacity of a supervisor, as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 152,
Ê as those sections existed on October 1, 1993. The provisions of this subsection do not apply with regard to an employee whose wages are determined pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

4.

Every agreement made in violation of this section, except as provided in this chapter, is void, but any employee is entitled to payment of such wages or compensation for the period during which the wages or compensation was earned.

Source: Section 608.060 — Semimonthly payments; exceptions., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-608.­html#NRS608Sec060.

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

Feb. 5, 2021

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