Carson City, NV -
March 31, 2015The Office of the Labor Commissioner today
released the annual bulletins for Nevada’s minimum wage and daily overtime
requirements that will take effect July 1, 2015. The 2006 Minimum Wage Amendment to the Nevada
Constitution requires the minimum wage to be recalculated and adjusted each
year based on increases in the federal minimum wage, or, if greater, by the
cumulative increase in the cost of living.
The rates will remain unchanged from the previous
year. The minimum wage for employees who receive qualified health benefits from
their employers will remain at $7.25 per hour; the minimum wage for employees
who do not receive health benefits will remain at $8.25 per hour.
The rate for daily overtime will also remain the
same. Employees who receive qualified health benefits from their employer and
earn less than $10.875 per hour, and employees earning less than $12.375 per hour who do not receive qualified
health benefits must be paid overtime whenever they work more than 8 hours in a
24-hour period. 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 that are exempt from overtime
under Nevada state law are not subject to these requirements.
Additional information regarding the minimum wage
and daily overtime rates is available from the Office of the Labor Commissioner
at: (702) 486-2650 in Las Vegas or (775) 687-4850 in Carson City. The Annual Bulletins containing the rates are
available online from the Office of the Labor Commissioner’s website at www.laborcommissioner.com or in
hard copy form by request to the Office of the Labor Commissioner.
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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