Carson City, NV -
March 30, 2018The Office of the Labor Commissioner has released the
annual bulletins for Nevada’s minimum wage and daily overtime requirements that
will take effect July 1, 2018. The rates
for the upcoming year will remain unchanged from last year.
The minimum wage for employees who are offered qualified
health benefits from their employers will remain at $7.25 per hour and the
minimum wage for employees who are note offered qualified health benefits will
remain $8.25 per hour.
The 2006 Minimum Wage Amendment to the Nevada
Constitution requires an analysis of the minimum wage each year based on
increases in the federal minimum wage or if greater, by the cumulative increase
in the cost of living. The cost of
living increase cannot increase by more than 3% each year. The increase in the federal minimum wage has
been greater than any cost of living increase through the 2018 calculation
period.
The rate for daily overtime will also remain the same
because the minimum wage rate is not changing. Nevada is one of a few states
with a daily overtime requirement in addition to the requirement to pay
overtime for more than 40 hours in a workweek.
Employees who receive qualified health benefits from
their employers and earn less than $10.875 per hour, and employees earning less
than $12.375per hour who do not receive
qualified health benefits must be paid overtime whenever they work more than 8
hours in a 24-hour period. Employees
that are exempt from overtime under Nevada state law are not subject to these
requirements.
The Office of the Labor Commissioner will continue to
monitor legislation regarding the minimum wage during the 2019 Legislative
Session.
Additional information regarding the minimum wage and
daily overtime rates is available from the Office of the Labor Commissioner at:
(702) 486-2650, Las Vegas; (775) 684-1890, Carson City. The Annual Bulletins containing the rates are
available from the Office of the Labor Commissioner’s website at www.labor.nv.gov.
About the Office of the Labor
Commissioner
The Office
of the Labor Commissioner is a division of the Department of Business and
Industry. The Labor Commissioner strives to ensure that all workers are treated
fairly under the law by investigating complaints of non-payment of wages, State
minimum wage, overtime, and prevailing wage disputes. The office also monitors
youth employment standards, including work hours and safe, non-hazardous
working conditions.
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