Nevada Posts Annual Minimum Wage & Daily Overtime Bulletins

It’s that time of year again, folks! Nevada’s Annual Minimum Wage Bulletin and Annual Daily Overtime Bulletin for 2019 are now available. The bulletins were released this week in both English and Spanish by the Nevada Department of Business and Industry’s Office of the Labor Commissioner. The “posted” date on each bulletin has been updated to April 1, 2019.

No Changes to Minimum Wage or Daily Overtime  

As in previous years, the wage rates on the 2019 Annual Minimum Wage Bulletin and Annual Daily Overtime Bulletin have not changed for the year beginning July 1, 2019. However, employers in Nevada should note that the bulletins are still required to be posted in the workplace.

Minimum Wage Rates

Effective July 1, 2019, here are the minimum wage rates that apply to all employees in Nevada, unless otherwise exempted:

• No less than $7.25 per hour for employees to whom qualifying health benefits have been offered or made available
• No less than $8.25 per hour for all other employees

Overtime Rates

Unless otherwise exempted, Nevada employers are required to pay their employees 1 ½ times their regular wage rate when the employees are paid less than 1 ½ times the applicable minimum wage rate and work more than 40 hours in any workweek or more than 8 hours in any workday.

Effective July 1, 2019, here are the wage rates below which daily overtime may be applicable:

• $10.875 per hour for employees to whom qualifying health benefits have been offered or made available
• $12.375 per hour for all other employees

We Can Help You Stay in Compliance

If you have not already done so, we encourage you to order our 1-Year Compliance Plan so that you will automatically receive the updated Nevada poster as soon as it is available. And because we provide free poster updates for mandatory changes, no matter how many occur during the plan year, you can always count on Poster Compliance Center to keep your business in compliance!