Overtime - Nevada

Summary of differences between federal and state regulations

An employer who requires or permits an employee to work overtime is generally required to pay the employee premium pay for such overtime work. Employees covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) must receive overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek of at least one and one-half times their regular rates of pay. The FLSA does not require overtime pay for work on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or regular days of rest.

Extra pay for working weekends or nights is a matter of agreement between the employer and the employee (or the employee's representative). The FLSA does not require extra pay for weekend or night work or double time pay.

Nevada employers must pay one and one-half times an employee’s regular rate of pay whenever an employee (who is paid at a rate less than one and one-half times the minimum rate) works more than 40 hours per week or more than 8 hours in any workday. However, employers and employees may agree to a schedule of 10 hours per day for 4 days within a scheduled work week without a daily overtime obligation.

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.

State

Contact

Nevada Department of Business & Industry, Office of Labor Commissioner

Regulations

Nevada Revised Statutes; Title 53—Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 608 - Compensation, Wages and Hours
NRS 608.018 Compensation for overtime: Requirement; exceptions.

Federal

Contact

The Department of Labor is the federal agency that monitors hours worked.

Regulations

U.S. labor regulations for hours worked can be found in CFR 29 Part 785.