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.
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Nevada Employee Handbook Policies
There are 6 state and local employee handbook policies in Nevada.
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.
Paid Time Off
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 Volunteer Emergency Responder Leave
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
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 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.
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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.
- Weapons Policy
- Disciplinary Action Policy
- Prohibited Conduct Policy
- Violations Reporting Policy
- Workplace Violence Prevention Policy
- At-Will Employment
