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Summary of differences between federal and state regulations
The federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many states also have minimum wage laws. In cases where an employee is subject to both the state and federal minimum wage laws, the employee is entitled to the higher of the two minimum wages.
Effective July 1, 2024, the minimum wage is $12.00 per hour for all covered workers, eliminating the two-tier minimum wage.
Nevada had a two-tiered minimum wage. Effective July 1, 2023, the first tier for employers that provide qualified health insurance benefits was $10.25 per hours. The second tier was $11.25 per hour for employers that do not provide qualified health insurance benefits.
Employees who earn less than $15.375 per hour and who are offered qualified health benefits or who earn less than $16.875 per hour where qualified health benefits are not offered are eligible for overtime for:
- Over eight hours of work in a 24-hour period; or
- Over 40 hours of work in a work week.
Employees who make more than these hourly rates are eligible for overtime for over 40 hours of work in a work week.
Effective July 1, 2024, employees who earn less than $18.00 per hour are eligible for overtime at one and a half (1.5) 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 work week.
Employees that make more than the hourly rate above are eligible for overtime at 1.5 times the employee’s regular rate of pay for over 40 hours of work in a work week.
Qualified health benefits means health insurance that covers the employee and the employee's dependents. The employee's share of the premium cost cannot exceed 10 percent of the employee's gross taxable income.
State
Contacts
Nevada Department of Business & Industry
Regulations
Nevada Revised Statutes
Title 53—Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 608 - Compensation, Wages and Hours
NRS 608.250 Establishment by Labor Commissioner; exceptions; penalty.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Labor Commissioner shall, in accordance with federal law, establish by regulation the minimum wage which may be paid to employees in private employment within the State. The Labor Commissioner shall prescribe increases in the minimum wage in accordance with those prescribed by federal law, unless he determines that those increases are contrary to the public interest.
Federal
Contact
The Department of Labor is the federal agency that monitors hours worked.
Regulations
U.S. labor regulations for minimum wage can be found in CFR 29 Part 531 and FLSA.