Las Vegas, NV April 02, 2024
The Nevada Office of
the Labor Commissioner is announcing changes that will impact Nevada’s minimum
wage beginning July 1, 2024.
Assembly Bill 456,
passed in 2019, increased the minimum wage in increments of 75 cents annually
over a five-year period. The final increase effective July 1, 2024, will
bring Nevada’s minimum wage to $12 per hour.
Nevada Ballot
Question 2, passed by Nevada voters in November 2022, eliminated the two-tier
minimum wage system which provided a reduction in the required minimum wage if
an employer offered qualified health benefits. Unless otherwise exempted by
law, the $12 minimum wage applies to all employees in the State of Nevada.
An increase in the
minimum wage will also increase the daily overtime rates, except for those
employees exempted from overtime requirements under NRS 608.018.
Employees
in Nevada that earn one and one-half times the minimum wage ($18 per hour) or more
are eligible for overtime at one and one-half times their regular rate of pay
for over 40 hours of work in a week.
Employees that earn less than $18 per hour are
eligible for overtime at one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of
pay for over 8 hours of work in a 24-hour period, or, over 40 hours of work in
a workweek.
The annual bulletins
for minimum wage and overtime can be found at http://labor.nv.gov.
About
the Office of the Labor Commissioner
The Office of the Labor
Commissioner, a division of the Department of Business and Industry, 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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