Nevada Employer & Employee Information on COVID-19 Poster

Nevada Department of Business and 	Industry  EMPLOYER 
& EMPLOYEE  INFORMATION ON COVID-19 	
Can an employer cut my hours o	r 	
terminate my employment	? 	
•Yes.  	Nevada labor laws do n	ot	
req	uire employers to 	guaran	tee	
hours worked.  In addition, b	ecaus	e	
Nevada is an 	“at will	” employmen	t	
state, 	the employer 	or employee ca	n	
terminate the employmen	t	
relationship at any time with	 or	
without notice. 	It is recommende	d	
that employers explore oth	er	
options before taking 	any 	of the	se	
action	s.	
Can an employer 	decrease 	or 	
change my rate of pay? 
•Yes. 	Ho	wever, Nevada	 law	
requires a 	7-day written n	otice	
before 	a d	ecrease in wages can	 take	
effect. 	(NRS 608.1	00)	
Can an employer pay less than 
minimum wage or not pay 
overtime	? 	
•No.  	An employer must pay th	e	
current minimum w	age of $7.25 	if	
health benefits are 	offered and $8.	25	
if health benefits are not offered	.	
Ove	rtime is required to be paid f	or	
time worked over 8	-hours in a 24	-	
hour period if the 	employ	ee m	akes	
less than $10	.875 (offered healt	h	
benefi	ts) 	an	d $12.375 (not offe	red	
hea	lth benefits	.  Overtime 	pay 	is	
required for 	over 40 hours of wor	k.	
How 	often 	must 	an	employee 	be 	
paid? 
• Employees	must	be	paid	ateas	t	
semi	-monthly. 	(NRS	608.	060)	
When must a discharged 
employee 	be paid? 	
• Adischarged 	employee’s	wages	
shall be due and payable 
immediately. 	If not paid within 	
3-days penalties may apply	.	
(NRS 	608.020 	& 608	.040)	
W	hen 	must 	a quitting 	employee 	
be 	paid? 
•Final	wages must be pai	d	
within 	7-days after th	e	
employee 	resigns 	or	by	the	
next 	regularly schedule	d	
payday, 	whichever	 is	
earlier. (NRS 608.0	30)	
How	often	must	breaks	be	given? 	
•An employee must begiven 	a	
paid, 	10	-minute	break	for	each	4-	
hour 	period 	of 	work. 	In 	addition	,	
employees are entitled to	 an	
unpaid, 	30	-minute 	meal 	period 	for	
each 	8-hour 	period 	of 	work. 	(NR	S	
608.019 	& 	NAC 	608.145)	
Does 	a sick 	employee 	havet	o	
report 	to 	work?	
•No	. A	n employee 	is not 	required 	to	
be physically 	present 	atwork 	to	notif	y	
his or 	her 	employer 	that 	he 	or 	she 	is	
sick 	or has	sustained	anon	-work	-	
related	injury 	and 	cannot 	wor	k.	
(Assembly Bill 	(AB)	181	-80	th 	
Leg	islati	ve Session 20	19)	
•Does	an	employer 	have to	
provide	paid	leave?	
•Yes. 	Effective 	January 	1, 2020,	
yes, 	a private 	employer wh	o	
employs 	50 or more 	employee	s	
in 	the 	state 	of 	Nevada 	mus	t	
provide 	0.01923 	hour 	of 	pai	d	
leave 	per 	hour	of	wor	k	
performed. 	(Senate	Bill (S	B)	
312	-80th Legislative Sessi	on	
2019	)	
Can an 	employer 	require me to s	tay 	
away from work 	if I have re	cently 	
trav	eled? 	
•Po	ssibl	y. 	The 	Centers for Disea	se	
Control and Prevention (CDC) hav	e	
imposed 	travel advisories 	and 	identifie	d	
highly impacted areas.  Travel to thes	e	
areas or potential e	xposure to COVID	-19	
could req	uire the 	employee to 	stay awa	y	
from the office for a designated perio	d.	
If I am required to stay away from 
the 	office because of recent travel 	
will I get paid? 
•Possibl	y. 	Employers m	ay	
implement policies providing p	aid	
leave cons	istent with SB 312 or off	er	
more generous paid leave 	policie	s.	
Employees may be required	 to	
utilize paid leave or Family Medi	cal	
Leave Act (	FMLA) leave dependin	g	
upon the dura	tion of th	e	
emp	loyee	’s ab	sence 	and condition	.	
Mandatory Quar	antines may	 also	
require t	he em	ployer to not coun	t	
this leave 	against an employee an	d	
pay 	them 	for this leave or allow th	e	
employee to use paid lea	ve.	
Do I have to travel for work? 
•Po	ssibl	y. 	Emp	loyers can restric	t	
and/or cancel 	tra	vel 	to highly impac	ted	
areas i	dentified by the CDC or c	ance	l	
travel to other areas	.	
I have a vacation scheduled and 
my empl	oyer is no	w telling me I 	
cannot 	take it? 	
•An 	emplo	yer 	can encour	age	
employees not to travel to ar	eas	
that have been identified by th	e	
CDC as highly 	impacted areas o	r	
where travel advisories have b	een	
imposed.  Travel to other 	areas 	or	
vacations that have been p	reviou	sly	
approved should be allo	wed to	
continue.  The employee an	d	
employer should monitor th	e	
website of the CD	C 	for addition	al	
areas th	at 	could 	be identif	ied as	
highly impacted and adj	ust trave	l	
accordin	gly.	
Can an employer deduct cleaning 
costs or other charges relating to 
COVID	-19 from my payche	ck? 	
•No. 	Written authorization 	includin	g	
the specific amount being deducted, t	he	
purpose for the deduction, and the pa	y	
period/date in w	hich the deduction wil	l	
be made is required. (NRS 608.110 	&	
NAC 	608.160	)