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 some bank, credit union or other established place of business but this subsection does not limit or interfere with the right of any employee, by agreement, to accept from any such person, as an evidence or acknowledgment of indebtedness for wages due the employee, a negotiable instrument payable at some future date with interest.

2.

In the event of nonpayment when due of any negotiable instrument issued in payment of wages, the holder in due course of the instrument succeeds and has the same rights, priorities and preferences with respect to payment thereof, and stands in the same position, as the payee of the instrument with respect to a claim for wages unpaid when due, in addition to any other remedy available to the holder in due course provided by law.

3.

An employer who knowingly issues to an employee a negotiable instrument in payment of wages for which there is insufficient money, property or credit with the drawee of the instrument to pay it in full upon presentation shall reimburse the employee for any penalty or charge incurred by the employee arising from his or her reliance on the validity of the instrument.

Source: Section 608.130 — Payment of wages by negotiable instrument; rights of holder in due course in event of nonpayment; penalty., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-608.­html#NRS608Sec130.

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

§ 608.130’s source at nv​.us