Nevada Employee Handbook

When your company hires employees in Nevada, you are required to comply with federal, state, and local employment laws. There are a variety of human resources and labor policies in the workplace that differ by state. Through your employee handbook, employers can easily document and distribute the correct policies to their employees to comply with the laws of each state.

Creating your Nevada Employee Handbook is a useful way to explain important policies and procedures, mitigate legal risk, and introduce employees to the expectations and operating practices of the organization.

Mosey has compiled the relevant policies a company with employees in Nevada must consider.

Nevada Employee Handbook Policies

There are 13 state and local employee handbook policies in Nevada.

Wage and Hour

Nevada Meal Break Policy

You are entitled to a 30-minute unpaid meal break during shifts of eight hours or more, provided no later than the fifth hour. If you must work through the break, you will be paid at your regular rate.

Nevada Minimum Wage Policy

You are entitled to a minimum wage of $12.00 per hour in Nevada. Employer strictly prohibits taking any part of your tips or gratuities or using them to offset minimum wage requirements.

Nevada Rest Break Policy

You are entitled to a 10-minute uninterrupted paid rest break for every four hours worked or major fraction thereof. The number of breaks depends on the length of your shift, and they must be taken roughly in the middle of each work segment. Rest breaks are fully compensated and may not be waived unless voluntarily chosen, or in specific exceptions.

Nevada Overtime Pay Policy

You are entitled to overtime pay for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. If you earn less than 1.5 times the minimum wage (or $18.00 per hour as of July 1, 2024), you may also be eligible for overtime pay for hours worked beyond eight in a single day, unless an alternative schedule has been agreed upon. Overtime pay is calculated based on 1.5 times your regular rate of pay, which includes all forms of compensation, such as bonuses and commissions.

Nevada Lactation Break Policy

You are entitled to reasonable break time to express breast milk for up to one year after childbirth. Breaks will align with existing paid or unpaid breaks, with additional breaks coordinated with your supervisor.

Employer will provide a private, secure, and functional space for lactation that is not a bathroom, shielded from view, and close to your work area. If a dedicated space is unavailable, it will be made available when needed.

If providing breaks or space creates undue hardship on business operations, Employer may be exempt. Retaliation or discrimination against employees exercising their rights under this policy is prohibited.

Vacation, Sick, and Safe Leaves

Nevada Paid Leave Policy

Employees of Employer are entitled to earn 0.01923 hours per hour worked, up to a maximum of 40 hours per year.

Leaves of Absence

Nevada School Leave Policy

You are eligible for up to four hours of unpaid leave to attend or participate in a child’s school-related activity provided that you notify Employer at least five school days in advance.

Nevada Domestic Violence Leave Policy

You are permitted to request and take up to 160 hours of leave from work in any 12-month period if you or a family or household member of yours is the victim of domestic violence or sexual assault.

Nevada Jury Duty Leave Policy

You are entitled to job-protected leave when summoned for jury service.

Nevada Volunteer Emergency Responder Leave Policy

You are permitted to take job-protected leave to serve as a volunteer firefighter, ambulance driver or attendant. You must provide Employer advance written notice of your volunteer status prior to requesting the leave.

Nevada Volunteer Search and Rescue and Civil Air Patrol Leave Policy

You may be permitted to take job-protected leave to participate in search and rescue activities as a member of a search and rescue or reserve unit of a sheriff’s department or a Civil Air Patrol unit, subject to manager approval. You must provide Employer advance written notice of your volunteer status prior to requesting the leave.

Nevada Voting Leave Policy

Nevada employees are eligible for up to three hours of paid time off to vote on Election Day if they lack sufficient time outside regular working hours. Employees must request this leave in advance. The time off allowed depends on the distance to the polling location: one hour for up to two miles, two hours for two to ten miles, and three hours for over ten miles.

Privacy

Nevada Social Media Privacy Policy

Generally, Employer is prohibited from accessing your personal social media accounts and will not discipline or terminate an employee for refusing to disclose their social media login information or for denying to provide access to their social media accounts.

Federal Employee Handbook Policies

Regardless of which states you have employees in, there are required federal policies that must be included in your employee handbook. In addition to any state-specific policies, your employee handbook for Nevada should contain the following federal policies.

• Anti-Harassment Policy
• Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy
• Anti-Retaliation Policy
• Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
• Reasonable Accommodation Policy

Handbook Policy Best Practices

In addition to the required federal policies, the following policies are best practices to include in your employee handbook.

• Prohibited Conduct Policy
• Violations Reporting Policy
• Workplace Violence Prevention Policy
• Weapons Policy
• Disciplinary Action Policy
• At-Will Employment
• Federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) Policy